Keep handbrake on, says De Paor

It’s appropriate Kevin Walsh regularly uses the metaphor of annual accounts by which to judge his team. Galway’s figures are undoubtedly in the black but ledgers don’t make for riveting reading.

The same accusations of bludgeoning teams with boredom were thrown at Conor Counihan during his time in charge of Cork. Yet history has been kinder to the 2010 All-Ireland winning manager as it undoubtedly would be to Walsh were he to emulate the county’s last Sam Maguire Cup win 18 years ago.