Defiant Aidan O’Shea adamant weaker counties should amalgamate

All-Star Mayo forward Aidan O’Shea insists he stands by his comments about weaker counties joining together to form amalgamations in the football championship, despite being accused of being ‘disingenuous’.

The powerful Breaffy attacker sparked debate two years ago when he suggested smaller counties should pool their resources to potentially achieve success.

Amalgamations occur regularly at club level and O’Shea believes similar ‘franchises’ would work well at inter-county level.