Divilly relies on degree of common sense at UCD

UCD’s footballers congregated under the Belfield lights on Wednesday night, the finishing touches applied ahead of today’s sojourn north.

The first time John Divilly’s side had met since the quarter-final win, the six-day lay-off by no means a reward for a rare DCU scalp, more to do with his training philosophy.

Since the panel first assembled back in September, Divilly has called just two training sessions a week — Mondays and Wednesdays. There would be no early morning gatherings, no senseless running during the winter break, no gruelling gym programmes. Divilly’s thinking is measured, dictated by common sense. He does not flog third-level players four and five nights a week, nor does he attempt to pertain his own viewpoint is the correct one.