Joe Brolly isn't impressed with the appointment of Tom Ryan as the GAA's new Director General.

The 1993 All-Ireland winner has been an outspoken critic of how the corridors of power operate in Croke Park and he doesn't expect to be changing his tune under the Carlow native's watch.

"As expected, (it's) an insider, a financial man, a numbers man. Not someone who's known to GAA folk," he said on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.

"What is there about Tom Ryan that suggests that he can lead in such difficult times where we need to protect ourselves against the modern world, the commercial world? 

"What Tom Ryan will do is just 'more of the same'. I heard him saying months ago that if it's (the GAA) not broke, don't fix it. 

"Unfortunately, there was some optimism at one stage that there might be a move towards tackling the real problems that we have, but this will just be more of the same now. 

"And I think it's a pretty bleak day for the Association, I must say."

He added: "If I'm wrong, I'd be absolutely delighted. But I'd also be absolutely stunned."

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