Our inconsistency is frustrating: Paul Ryan

Dublin hurler Paul Ryan has issued a clarion call to his teammates to end the ‘boom to bust’ cycle they have endured in recent years.

“This Dublin team, it’s nearly like a speed bump – you’re up one minute, you’re down the next and that’s the way our years have carried on,” says Paul.

“We’re just looking to be more consistent over a period of time rather than having a good year and then the year after falling down. If we could be consistent we’d be happy with that.

“It’s been very frustrating because I’ve been involved for every one of those years. It’s so hard to put your finger on it because you know that the team is capable of a lot more. It’s very disappointing to see us perform like that.

“When we won the 2011 league we thought we were on top of the world but when you look at it, really you’ve won nothing.

“It was massive for Dublin hurling. We needed to drive on that year and we didn’t really and then the year after was a disaster.

“The year after that then we came back strong and won the Leinster, probably should have got to an All-Ireland final, didn’t. And then that took the wind out of our sails for the next year.”