Offaly step it up with new training approach

Offaly captain David King has praised manager Kevin Martin for asking more of the players in training.

Former county defender Martin also returned the group to a more traditional style after Kevin Ryan’s one season in charge in 2017 where he deployed double sweepers in some games.

Martin has spoken of the need to allow the players to express themselves and while King won’t criticise former managers he admits that a couple of their good league displays against Dublin and Kilkenny this year were due to increased self-belief in the squad.