Horan: ‘When you’ve so many games so close, sometimes management can get nervous’

The eight managers face a critical week in the run-up to the weekend action.

CROKER-BOUND: Cork manager John Cleary will prepare his side for a clash with the Dubs. Pic: INPHO/Leah Scholes

This is the crunch period. For a host of contenders, the path to the All-Ireland semi-finals would involve three games in as many weeks.

This weekend's All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals is one week before the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals. Speaking on the  Irish Examiner’s Gaelic football podcast for subscribers, former Mayo manager James Horan said the eight managers involved will be at pains to make sure they manage this week correctly.