Dear Noel,

I’m managing our club team and am keen to get any edge I can. What do you recommend for half-time food intake, Noel?

I’m not long back from London.

- Vincent, West Waterford

 Noel replies – Treat Them Mean, Keep Them Keen remains the guiding principle after all these years.

I get Nancy to slice up four oranges into eight even halves. I leave them on the table in the dressingroom and let them at it.

May the best men win. A player who does whatever is needed to come out of there with a piece of orange is just the kind of fellow you want in the white heat of a championship match.

I often saw brothers come to blows over a piece of orange. And there’s nothing wrong with that. I bet the Cannings would go straight through you for a slice. It’s a man’s game, and any time you get a chance to promote manliness and toughness, you should take it.

I apply the same principle to the pre-match puck-around. One ball only. Make them work for it. If there’s a bit of skelping, all the better.

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