Dublin star Paul Flynn thinks the hectic football calendar is "madness".

There is a constant demand on players' services all year around and Flynn says things cannot continue in this manner any longer:

"Playing football for the whole year is madness," the Fingallians clubman is quoted in The Irish Examiner. "There's no down season at all.

"When you go back to the club you're under pressure there and then you're straight into it with Dublin again. There's no real break at all. I've got injured for some stages - but it's actually been lucky for me because I've kind of been able to take a break.

"Lads have been just constantly going and it's a bit of a joke, especially for lads who are playing senior championship at a higher level. It's just... it's madness.

"I just think they should run it all concurrently. The club lads are getting screwed because all they want is to play ball. Whenever we [Dublin] are playing league, they should play league. And then fit in the championship the same way. But no game for them should be held up. Like, we played a game in March with the club and then there was no game until May. You know what I mean? That's crazy.

"They could have got a full run of [club] league games, it could have been over practically and then run off the championship. They should bring players into the equation, current players, past players, your board members, all in the one room and thrash it out." Tweet

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