Many inter county panels are already back in training and preparing for 2013 as they look to steal Sam Maguire from the hills of Donegal.

GAA writer and tactician Emmet Ryan spent his year travelling the length and breath of the country as he researched for his book Tactics Not Passion in which he breaks down how the big games were won and lost.

The man behind the action81.com website spoke to Oisin Langan about the book and why he wrote it