Colm Collins yet to master summer consistency

For all the progress the Clare footballers have made during Colm Collins’ six seasons at the helm, rising, as they have done, from the league’s basement tier up to Division 2, as well as securing the county’s first All-Ireland quarter-final appearance, game-to-game consistency at summertime has been an issue.

On only two occasions since Collins took the reins in 2014 have Clare managed back-to-back championship wins. More pertinent still is that both arrived in the same season, Clare overcoming Laois, Sligo, and Roscommon on their way to that aforementioned last eight appearance in 2016.