Devenney: "Maybe players need to say, ‘We don’t want to play this fecking shite’"

Donegal legend Brendan Devenney is finding the current style of play hard to stomach - and feels players may feel the same
Devenney: "Maybe players need to say, ‘We don’t want to play this fecking shite’"

Brendan Devenney: “We’re in a strange dilemma at the moment in how the game is played and results. The power is still held by management. Maybe some of the players need to step up and say, ‘We don’t want to play this fecking shite’. Ulster teams face each other and it’s blanket defence crap. ©INPHO/James Crombie

This would be Brendan Devenney’s Howard Beale moment if he hadn’t already admitted he is as mad as hell.

It was 18 years ago when he initially claimed the negativity of Ulster football was forcing him out of the game. 

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