O’Donnell and his Rossies Crazy Gang ignore the odds

FERGAL O’DONNELL just can’t help himself with the soccer references.

Last year, he compared Roscommon to Wimbledon after guiding his county to a first Connacht title in nine years with a victory over Sligo that bore vague enough similarities to the Crazy Gang’s defeat of Liverpool in 1988.

And he has been at it again in the run-up to this Sunday’s provincial final when the Division Four side and holders will look to thumb their noses at top-tier opponents and tradition when Mayo come to Roscommon’s very own version of Plough Lane.