Players must go back to basics, warns Tohill
Manager Anthony Tohill has captained Ireland in previous games against Australia and served as a selector under Sean Boylan before being handed the reins by Christy Cooney two months ago for the upcoming two-test series. Along with his selectors Kevin O’Brien, Eoin Liston and Sean Óg de Paor, Tohill will be traversing the country for the next three months running the rule over the one thousand or so footballers on duty with their squads in this year’s championship.
The Derry man has promised to cast his net far and wide but there has long been a perception that, while fitness levels have improved hugely in recent years, players and squads have not been so diligent in maintaining and improving ball skills. Tohill refused to accept the suggestion that players and coaches do not work on the basics but he accepted that general standards were a concern and added there was “no excuse” for players not able to execute the fundamentals.
