London senior football manager Ciaran Deely says his team will be happy to have avoided the likes of Mayo and Galway in next yearâs Connacht championship opener.
The Exiles were drawn at home to Sligo at the provincial quarter-final stage and Deely, who will move into his third season in charge in 2018, is hopeful that his team will have a couple of wins under their belts in the National League in the build-up to the Yeats menâs visit.
âWe were glad to avoid Mayo or Galway and even Roscommon who had an excellent championship,â Deely told The Irish Post.
âSligo are a good side and it will be a difficult challenge but playing at home is a great boost for us and hopefully weâll have a big crowd out that day and for all our league matches.
âOur priority now is to have a good league campaign.â
He added: âWe have unfinished business this year after leaving some games behind us last season. The missing ingredient is to start winning more games. The team has become competitive and consistent in their performances but the next step now is to pick up some wins."
Impressed with the style Donegal are developing. They are in much better shape than last 2 years where they may well have been over trained. They have alot of size and pace.
Kerry still very good upfront and while they are still open at the back they have discovered some better defenders and with pace.
Only 1 league game but both teams look like they will be very competitive this year.
Donegal good bet for Ulster considering Tyrone are going backwards
Your reading seems to be wide of the mark given your claims before last yearâs Ulster Championship. You were bigging Donegal and Monaghan up last year for Ulster when Tyrone strolled to the easiest Ulster Championship triumph I can ever call.
Tyrone will rightly go in as strong favourites for Ulster this year.
What early season form is that by the way? 1 game played in terrible conditions where they were down to 14 men for the majority of the game?
