DISCIPLINE KEY FOR US: HORAN
and we go through that and MAYO boss James Horan see what our behaviours has no doubt his team can would be if some of those stay calm and composed in things were to happen. the heat of battle against “I’m confident with the Roscommon on Saturday players we have that we’ll evening in Castlebar. start strong on Saturday.”
The League champions Roscommon haven’t are hot favourites to beaten Mayo in the advance to their first Championship since the Connacht final for infamous 2001 four years, but Connacht final at Dr indiscipline has Hyde Park, but cost them dearly Horan watched in recent seasons them beat Leitrim in big matches. recently and says
“I think every team he’s “under no that plays Championship illusions” about the threat wants to start well, play posed by the underdogs. well and be ready for the He said: “Under Anthony battle, and all those sort of Cunningham, I think they’re things,” said Horan (inset). very focussed, very keen to
“But unless you’re in do well, playing hard and control of what your job is, really physical. I expect and what you should be nothing different when doing within the rules of they come to Castlebar. the game, it’s eventually “So we’re under going to cost you. absolutely no illusions we
“Our discipline has been know what to expect.” good, it’s been very, very Mayo welcome back good, that’s something that captain Diarmuid O’connor we’ve worked on this year. for Saturday’s game but his
“And we’ve done very brother, Cillian, misses out. very well on that. There’s The home side are also crazy stuff that can happen sweating on the fitness of in the first two minutes of Fionn Mcdonagh and Donie Championship matches, Vaughan.
LEINSTER SFC: LONGFORD v KILDARE - SUN LONGFORD boss Padraic Davis has hit out at a ruling that leaves him short of key players for Sunday’s Championship opener against Kildare.
Three of Davis’s (below) panel - Rian Brady, Darren Gallagher and Peter Lynn – are unable to face the Lilywhites as they will be playing summer football stateside.
Davis said: “The ruling on it is a complete and utter disaster. Dessie Reynolds wanted to go to New
York this year because he has clubmates and family out there, which means he couldn’t play one National League game for Longford. That’s the ruling of the New York board.
“The San Francisco board, Boston board and Chicago board have a ruling whereby you can play National League but you can’t play Championship.
“So we have Rian Brady and Peter Lynn and Darren Gallagher not going until the end of June but none of these boys can play against Kildare.
“So there’s something drastically wrong there between the American boards. It’s very, very unfortunate.”