STEPHEN ROCHFORD HAS opted to start Mayo’s Connacht SFC quarter-final on Sunday without talisman Aidan O’Shea.
Rochford named his team this morning with Ger Cafferkey returning from an injury layoff to start at full-back, despite not playing a minute of league football this spring.
O’Shea is the notable absentee having only returned to action for the latter stages of the Division 1 campaign. The Breaffy man missed the majority of the league after hurting his ankle while training with the Sligo All Stars basketball team in January.
He made appearances off the bench in Mayo’s final two games against Tyrone and Donegal, and Rochford has decided to keep the 26-year-old in reserve for Sunday’s tie in Castlebar.
Elsewhere, 2016 All-Star defender Brendan Harrison is ruled out through injury, while youngster Fergal Boland makes his first championship start at wing-forward.
Sligo remain unchanged from their preliminary round win over New York.
Mayo
1. David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)
2. Chris Barrett (Belmulet)
3. Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites)
4. Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis)
5. Colm Boyle (Davitts)
6. Lee Keegan (Westport)
7. Patrick Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels)
8. Seamus O’Shea (Breaffy)
9. Tom Parsons (Charlestown)
10. Fergal Boland (Aghamore)
11. Diarmuid O’Connor (Ballintubber)
12. Conor O’Shea (Breaffy)
13. Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore)
14. Cillian O’Connor (Ballintubber)
15. Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen)
Sligo
1. Aidan Devaney
2. Ross Donavan
3. Charlie Harrison
4. Eoin McHugh
5. Keelan Cawley
6. Brendan Egan
7. John Kelly
8. Paddy O’Connor
9. Adrian McIntyre
10. Neil Ewing
11. Mark Breheny
12. Kyle Cawley
13. Stephen Coen
14. Pat Hughes
15. Adrian Marren
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He’s right. And its annoying the way Klopp is treated by the English media like the second coming of Jebus just coz he’s a “right on” guy, but hasn’t actually achieved anything yet
In fairness to Klopp, he has managed to turn a bang average squad into title challengers while maintaining an entertaining style of play.
The high tempo style may cost them in the run in though with tiring legs and all that.
Did he not win the Bundesliga twice and get to a champions league final with Dortmund?
What with one game a week most weeks ?? Behave!
Mark, I think he was talking not achieving anything at Liverpool yet.
Of course Liverpool won,t the league, thats not their thing. Might top league for a couple of weeks then top clubs take over at the business end of things
No $hit sherlock !!!
Only saying what Klopp has already said himself. Would require too many good teams to have extended bad runs as it stands, and with the weaknesses in the squad he inherited. The likes of Matip, Klavern (and even Mane) will be better next season.. But when you see how well some of the new players have integrated already, and then the improvement in for for the like of Lallana, whatever about winning PL titles he’s certainly building a formidable LFC challenge to other contenders….
Next year is Liverpools year
@Irishoversea: don’t know about that but certainly with Klopp at the helm, and extra revenue from 15,000 extra bums on seats there is every possibility that LFC will be consistently contending for major honours over the next couple of seasons.
Reality is only one team can win every year, so even with all the improvements you still need a big dollop of luck (injuries, schedul etc..) to pick up the silverware…
Nothing brings out the idiots better than a Liverpool thread….. Beating there chests when there own team is beating up nobodies, much with the help of terrible officiating…..
“their”
@Aaron Hynes: yes, your right. Great accomplishment.
@William Kavanagh: you’re
ah dave don’t resort to that nonesence
*Nonsense* couldn’t resist!