Full-back line pivotal if Galway are to shock Limerick

Over the years, I have often gone with the approach of, 'what is the opposite manager thinking'. I wouldn’t say I am hugely into sports psychology or anything like that, but one thing I am stone mad for is visualisation.

For whatever reason, unknown to myself, it's something that I started doing at a very young age. I always got to sleep over the years visualising winning an All-Ireland title. The scenes, what it would mean, what would happen etc.

As you get older, your plans change in life, and I still go to sleep visualising what I want in my life over the next period of time. I always think though, the more realistic the dream, the quicker you get to sleep, the longer the shot you dream of, the harder it is, because you know its more unrealistic.

Going into games, especially big games, I would often think about, what could the opposing manager be possibly saying to that group, and feed off that then.

So that brings me to Henry Shefflin. You are manager of a team who find themselves in an All-Ireland semi-final, but they all know maybe they haven’t played to their potential.

They are coming up against the back-to-back All-Ireland champions, Munster champions, and a team that has beaten Tipp, Cork, Waterford and Clare. They are raging hot favourites. So he asks himself the question, what can I do to try and turn this around?

Don’t forget, even Henry is human, not a magician. Has he sat down and watched Limerick v Clare at least three times? Of course he has.

Has he watched how they turned them over in the Gaelic Grounds numerous times? Course he has.

So what did Clare do that they nearly overturned Limerick? Well it's actually really simple. They went man on man everywhere, and showcased that they wanted to win the Munster