O’Donnell: if it went to replay we’d have struggled

ROSCOMMON manager Fergal O’Donnell said that his men needed to sweep the boards yesterday and he did not fancy their chances if it went to a replay.

The man who has done more for Roscommon football in the past decade — skippering them to their last Connacht final success nine years ago before guiding their minors to a first All-Ireland in over half a century in 2006 — usually calls it as he sees it.

And if Sligo managed to get a late draw yesterday, O’Donnell reckoned that would be enough for them to regroup and take the crown.