Maughan begins mind games for Galway battle

MAYO manager John Maughan wasn’t fooling many, and certainly not Galway manager John O’Mahony as he attempted to douse Mayo expectations following yesterday’s Connacht SFC semi final victory over Sligo.

“Naturally, I’m very pleased with the win, it’s what we came here for, but we’ll need to up it considerably if we hope to beat Galway in a couple of weeks time in the final,” as the psychological teasing began in record time.

“We played as well as we were allowed. Mayo went into the game as underdogs which always is a help to a team’s management, and the lack of support for the team was very evident as our followers weren’t expecting a whole lot from this team.