Forde dismisses revenge talk

PETER FORDE does not expect Mayo trainer John Morrison’s critical remarks about his Galway side to have any impact when the sides meet in Sunday’s Connacht final.

Galway coasted to a surprisingly comfortable five-point victory over Mickey Moran’s side when the counties met in the NFL in Castlebar last April but it was Morrison’s subsequent tirade minutes after the final whistle that dominated the subsequent headlines.

The former Derry trainer accused Galway of “destroying skill” and predicted they would never win an All-Ireland utilising what he claimed were tactics based on pulling and dragging the opposition.