Five ways to improve hurling

Diarmuid O’Flynn produces his hurling wish list for the 2010 season

1 An end to the annual panel versus management civil war. I understand those who would say that this should be about hurling matters only, but I’m heartily sick of it all, and I’m not alone. There are those out there who think that all this is just grist to the mill for those of us who have to report on it – well, whoever coined that most stupid of expressions, ‘paper never refused ink’, should be shot.

Making repeated phone calls to people you know don’t want to be contacted is no fun, neither is there any pleasure in late-night trips to various county board meetings, with the accompanying last-minute deadline reporting and the constant repeating of the same old story.