Laois manager John Sugrue believes the Super 8s are a step in the wrong direction for the GAA.

The O'Moore County will attempt to qualify for the inaugural new-look last-eight series when they face Monaghan at Navan on Sunday, but Sugrue believes the round-robins quarter-finals reek of consumerism:

"The reservations are that there's already a congested fixture list, which was widely spoken about, and to a great degree, common sense would dictate that it's taking fixtures out as opposed to adding fixtures in that the GAA should be looking at," the Kerryman is quoted in The Irish Examiner.

"If you've got congestion, I don't care what it is, whether it's traffic or in your head, the last thing you do is put more into it. So that's the scenario with the Super 8s. The Super 8s is guaranteed to give the bigger teams a second bite at the cherry.

"But sure maybe there's no place for small teams in the Super 8s. Maybe there is no place because it's inconvenient because, at the end of the run of three games, your squad might be depleted and you might get a one-sided game and that would be terrible for the GAA"

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