Reddan: Pressure is on to perform

Players are judged according to all sorts of criteria by coaches, peers and the general public but, for members of the fourth estate, their ability to talk comes a close second best in terms of importance to anything they can do on the pitch.

Some can be thoughtful and even provocative day to day but prefer to cloak their views in cliché and platitudes. Then there are those like Roy Keane or Ronan O’Gara who rarely hesitate if they feel the need to let fly.

Eoin Reddan fits that bill.