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'We're in a different world to when I was playing, there is way more pressure'
Davy Fitzgerald says he understands why some players feel the need to take a break from hurling.
By Ciarán Kennedy
Wednesday 12 May 2021, 5:18 PM
May 12th 2021, 5:18 PM
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Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald.
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DAVY FITZGERALD FOUND himself fighting his instinct. Paudie Foley, an All Star nominee in 2019, wanted out. Fitzgerald, naturally, would rather keep one of his most talented players on board.
The half-back essentially told Fitzgerald he just wasn’t feeling it. Training was a slog, the prospect of sunny championship days not enough to ignite the competitive fire inside him.