DEFLATING

as it was, news that half of counties have failed to utilise the new GAA calendar to play more club football championship matches is no surprise.

The Club Players’ Association have persuasively argued that the solution lies in an overhaul of the entire system.

There is no discernible appetite for that in Croke Park, yet, so the club game suffers as hapless local administrators look on, unwilling or unable to offer useful answers.