Mike Slocum fears Cork morale will suffer after relegation agony

Former Cork star Mick Slocum fears the confidence of the county side will be dented by the manner of their relegation from Division 1 of the Allianz Football League.

Slocum, who won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1989 and ‘90, is not overly concerned at the prospect of Cork plying their trade in Division 2 next spring but is concerned abut the psychological repercussions of suffering relegation at the hands of Kerry.

Cork, he predicts, will be present in Killarney for Munster final weekend in early July and victory on Sunday would have represented a “huge morale boost”.