Buoyant Sligo thinking big, declares Kelly

CONNACHT’S big two have already fallen under the Sligo steamroller but David Kelly has warned that the county’s ambitions stretch far beyond the banks of the Shannon this summer.

Kelly isn’t for one moment overlooking the fact Sligo have still to face Roscommon in the provincial final but his honesty in acknowledging broader ambitions is symbolic of a Sligo team on the rise.

It is also recognition that the county failed to do themselves justice in 2007 when they claimed the Connacht title but flopped in Croke Park where they lost an All-Ireland quarter-final to Cork in dismal fashion.