People at the centre of Ballyea manager Robbie Hogan's approach

Simplicity is at the core of all they do. After they lost a dead-rubber group game to Cratloe back in late August, they had a rare post-mortem and video session but set a limit of one hour on it

PEOPLE CENTRED: Ballyea manager Robbie Hogan is your classic good man-manager. Or player-centred, or even person-centred coach if he was in the fashion of using such terms which he isn’t. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

He goes back to the days of the Slob.

As Robbie Hogan reminded his players and their supporters from the podium when Ballyea came home from winning a Munster in Thurles and playing in an All-Ireland up in Croke Park, there were no iPhones, S&C coaches or astroturf pitches when he and his pals started out with the club.