Frank Lohan glad to see the back of sweeper system

It was as early as the first week of February that Cian Dillon was championing the “off the cuff” approach favoured by Gerry O’Connor and Donal Moloney.

The latter pair may have been in the job no more than four months, but Clare’s joint-managers certainly didn’t hang about in dismantling the rigid style of their predecessor.

Dillon described Fitzgerald’s system as “structured”, whereas the new lads on the sideline were keen for the players to “play with freedom and do what’s natural”.