John Maher feeling the pinch on Galway's long road 

John Maher and his Galway teammates play game number 15 of the campaign against Meath at Croke Park on Sunday.

John Maher, pictured pitch side in Croke Park with the Toyota C-HR Hybrid. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

For 10 angry minutes on Monday, John Maher knew how Donegal felt about their six-day turnaround. For that brief period, he was led to believe Galway would be the team having the shortest preparation time for their All-Ireland quarter-final.

"I do feel for the Donegal players. I actually originally saw the wrong schedule so I thought that we were playing on Saturday. To put it mildly, I wasn't happy for the 10 minutes until the official schedule came out.