Monaghan's Malachy O’Rourke fears ’Super 8’ fallout
The Fermanagh native, who wouldn’t confirm if he would be in charge of Monaghan next season, believes the round-robin groups replacing the All-Ireland quarter-finals make the last-four prospects of counties with small populations further remote.
“If I’m speaking honestly, I think it will,” he said. “I just think if you’re playing, especially for the smaller counties with less resources, if we play a really tough game one week and we have to go out again the following week, you’re probably going to have fellas carrying injuries, you might have suspensions and things like that there. Whereas the stronger counties don’t rely on a few individuals as much. They have stronger panels.”
