Conor Glass: "When it comes to game-day the manager doesn’t really have a say"

Derry captain Conor Glass says the players coach each other on game day, rather that the manager. 

20 June 2023; Conor Glass of Derry poses for a portrait with the Sam Maguire cup at the 2023 GAA Football All-Ireland Series national launch in Howth, Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

With an All-Ireland knock-out series to negotiate, Derry captain Conor Glass hasn’t had much time to reflect on claiming a second successive Ulster SFC title and topping their Sam Maguire Cup in the wake of losing manager Rory Gallagher.

After the Fermanagh native stepped down from the role following domestic abuse allegations made against him in the lead-up to the provincial decider against Armagh and replaced by his assistant Ciarán Meenagh, there was a sense that Derry would suffer without Gallagher.