London chairman says playing in top tier has hurlers struggling for manager

London chairman Noel O’Sullivan has admitted the difficultly in finding a successor to Eamonn Phelan as hurling boss is due to the Exiles participation in the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

London chairman says playing in top tier has hurlers struggling for manager

Phelan resigned from the post last June and O’Sullivan reveals that several candidates have since declined the job because they feel London should not be competing in the top tier.

Liaison officer Tommy Harrell, having previously managed the team in the ’90s, has stepped in as interim manager, but the squad, with less than a month to their league opener against Westmeath, are less then pleased with the situation. “The difficulty was the people, and I can only surmise here, didn’t think the squad was good enough going into the Liam MacCarthy,” said O’Sullivan.

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