Horan slams O’Neill stance on managers

Former Mayo boss James Horan has hit out at GAA president Liam O’Neill for what he believes is a campaign against inter-county managers.

In his first column for The Western People since stepping down, the Ballintubber man has condemned Central Council’s motion to punish teams who field dummy teams.

The GAA are demanding that 26-man panels be released by 9am on the Thursday morning before Championship games. No changes except for goalkeeper or sub goalkeeper can be made or the team will forfeit the match. Managers must also release their teams 20 minutes before throw-in. Any alterations and they concede the game.