Fitzgerald tones down language but message remains the same

Davy Fitzgerald is minding his p’s and q’s as well as his f’s. After his colourful declaration about his indifference to winning the league, following Sunday’s win over Kilkenny, Fitzgerald was put over the hot coals by his mother, Nuala. “I got in trouble,” he smiles wryly. “My mother wasn’t happy (with my language).” Comments (saying he was ‘mad to win the league’) made by former Offaly forward Brian Carroll, on RTÉ Radio the night before, had irked Fitzgerald.

To counter that, he made the point that, in his third league campaign with Wexford, he had started more players than most counties with a mind for the summer. He’s never lost sight that Championship matters most. “Consistency and depth, like, if you look at the first two years, what you are trying to do is to make sure we can grow our confidence. How do we grow our confidence? You’ve to win every single game you play, starting with the Walsh Cup.