Davy Fitzgerald: Ger Loughnane calling Galway ‘gutless’ hurt us

Clare boss Davy Fitzgerald admitted that Ger Loughnane’s scathing post-Leinster final criticism of Galway did his team no favours yesterday.

Loughnane described Galway as “gutless” after they slumped in the second half of their provincial decider against the Cats and also labelled Tribes boss Micheál Donoghue as Fr Trendy, a reference to the late Dermot Morgan’s former RTÉ character on The Live Mike.

When asked if Loughnane’s stinging remarks were fuel to Galway’s fire, Fitzgerald admitted: “We all know that. Listen, I’m not going to dwell on that.