Freeman: Horan has given us edge

Mayo attacker Alan Freeman has credited team boss James Horan with adding “a harder edge” to the westerners’ game.

In the wake of their league semi-final extra-time success over Kerry in Croke Park recently, Kingdom attacker Paul Galvin noted the increased physicality in Mayo’s style of football and Freeman admits it is something they had to incorporate into their play.

“I think we tackle well and we tackle effectively. At the moment I think James has added a harder edge to us. I think we hit hard in all of last year’s championship. It’s not new to the game, every team is at it. We just have to adapt it and bring that into our game and I think we are doing that well at the moment.