Kevin McStay says St Brigid's must avoid placing psychological pressure on themselves.

The Roscommon kingpins are up against the mighty Crossmaglen Rangers in tomorrow's All-Ireland senior club football championship semi-final at Mullingar and their manager points to the psychological challenges presented by facing such a lauded outfit:

"I'm convinced a lot of teams build up psychological pressure on themselves against Crossmaglen," McStay tells The Irish Times. "When people talk about what county teams they'd beat, there's a level of hype that can be unsettling.

"We've huge respect for them - how could you could not with the records they've set? - but we've also been competitive against them in the past and now we have to move it a bit further.

"We've had to wait two and a half months to get at them. It's very hard to read form now but I've stressed to them: find good form for the next four weeks and we can win an All-Ireland." Tweet

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