Hurling being reduced to ping-pong, warns Ger O’Loughlin
Davy Fitzgerald’s predecessor is praying there is no repeat of the first half of Clare and Waterford’s drawn Division 1 final, when they clash in Sunday’s Munster semi-final. He anticipates both teams will adopt a sweeper system but senses supporters have become frustrated with the tactic.
“It will only take another of those type of games where there is no hurling or skill in it and the punter will be scratching his head wondering what hurling is coming to. Nobody wants that. There will be tactics on Sunday but I’m hoping hurling gets back to the way it should be played. Clare and Waterford need a certain type of plan and sweeper to complement the hurling they play but I’m definitely not a follower of the stuff we’ve seen where it’s completely negative and just a game of ping-pong from one side of the pitch to the other.
