Morgan: why James Masters is a must

FORMER manager Billy Morgan claims to have been told by a current Cork selector that the county will not win a All-Ireland football title without the services of James Masters, who withdrew from the panel earlier this year.

Masters was a key forward for Cork under fellow Nemo Rangers man Morgan, but called time on his inter-county career last March at the age of 27 after slipping into a more peripheral role under Conor Counihan.

“One of the current Cork selectors said to me that Cork will not win an All-Ireland without James Masters,” said Morgan who was yesterday being inducted into the MBNA Kick Fada Hall of Fame. “I’m very sorry that he’s not there because he’s still one of the best forwards in the country, but he wasn’t treated too well.”