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25th July 2016
11:04pm BST

"Cathal Shine didn't reach the condition required of him to play midfield. Cathal knows this, we've spoken to him about this," McStay told SportsJOE. "They'd run out of puff in the modern game, playing midfield. You have to be very athletic and aerobically very strong. "We played a midfield of David Keenan, Niall Daly, and Ian Kilbride for most of the league - three of them are half backs, that's their positions. But we played them there because they were the ones that were fit and could chase their men up and down the field and play ball up and down the field. "All the other lads just weren't available or weren't fit to play. And that was only league football. I'm being honest here, I'm not dissing anyone. We know Gary Brennan is going to be favourite to win a 50/50 so we have to take a short kickout. It's something we have to fix."McStay admits that it will be one of the key aspects they will look at ahead of next year. Listen to the full brilliant interview with the Roscommon manager below. Skip to 26:55 for the in-depth chat about the county's midfielders (23:37 for the whole McStay interview). https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/munster-football-domination-and-jim-mcguinness-the-movie
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