Conor McManus feels that the black card is making no "real major difference".

The black card has been introduced to eliminate cynical fouling such as the rugby tackle committed by Tyrone ace Sean Cavanagh on the Monaghan All Star during last summer's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final.

But McManus is convinced that if the exact same situation arose this year, the outcome would be the same:

"It depends on what time in the game it is. If it's late on, the last five minutes, [the player] will probably still get taken down and that's just it. Take the black card and go on ahead," the Clontibret clubman is quoted in The Irish Times.

"If it's early on in the game you are not going to want to miss 65 minutes of a championship quarter-final or semi-final. I think it will iron out a few things like that.

"For the black card I don't think we can judge it until a few days here in Croke Park.

"I know Monaghan are one of the top scorers in Division Two but you are just going out to work on your game same as any other year. I can't put my finger on why it is. Maybe it is the black card.

"From a forward's point of view I don't find it any easier to get away from a defender than it was last year." Tweet

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