McGeeney: Shorten the inter-county calendar

DONEGAL wasn’t a topic Kieran McGeeney was prepared to discuss yesterday but the Armagh man had plenty to say about the structure of the All-Ireland championship.

Echoing the sentiments of Kerry’s Colm Cooper last month, the Kildare manager believes the competition can be played over a shorter period. However, using the success of this year’s backdoor system as an example, he believes more games could be played over that reduced timeframe.

“The qualifiers show that Gaelic football as a spectacle could be played on a weekly basis, the league and the championship format,” said McGeeney at the launch of SuperValu’s Ode to the Third Sunday in September competition.