The Galway players who told Cunningham it’s time to go

Former Galway manager John McIntyre yesterday revealed captain David Collins, vice-captain Andy Smith and 2014 captain Joe Canning and David Burke as the four players who informed Anthony Cunningham that the squad did not want him to continue as manager.

The Irish Examinerunderstands a player younger than Burke had initially agreed to be part of the delegation. It was believed his presence would demonstrate the will of the U21 players that Cunningham had introduced to the panel this year. However, he was replaced by the St Thomas man Burke, most significantly a club-mate of the Galway boss.

In a Connacht Tribune piece headlined ‘The game looks over for Cunningham as team boss’, the newspaper’s sports editor McIntyre chronicles the disharmony in the camp.