Expect in-form Sligo to deliver title

SLIGO should win the Connacht title tomorrow. When these sides met in NFL Division Three a few months ago, Kevin Walsh’s men won in a canter (0-20 to 0-13). That result reflected their respective movements and mood in the spring – one up, one down. Sligo will be in Division Two in 2001 and Roscommon will be in Division Four.

Based on their championship form against Mayo and Galway, the Yeats County men look well capable of returning another winning docket tomorrow. Walsh brings Tony Taylor back into midfield for Eugene Mullen and Colm McGee replaces Stephen Coen, which gives him genuine options off the bench in the last quarter if required.

Full-forward Donie Shine is Roscommon’s top scorer with 1-7 against Leitrim and nine points against London, so Sligo will need to avoid unnecessary fouling. Shine is deadly from placed balls.