A Connacht SFC title is top of the list of priorities for Jason Doherty and his Mayo team-mates as he turns his attention to the summer action.

Following last weekend’s thrilling Allianz FL Division 2 decider success over Kerry, Doherty hopes James Horan’s men can continue their winning ways.

Arch rivals Galway have held the upper hand out West in recent years but, speaking to the Irish Independent, the Burrishoole clubman said: “The first target this year is definitely to win Connacht. That's to go over, beat New York and move on.

“Ultimately, the next big one for us is a Connacht title. We've probably let ourselves down the last three years in that competition and we're definitely targeting putting that right in 2019.”

Their league success suggests Mayo are heading in the right direction but Doherty insists there is room for further improvement.

“It's proof that we are doing a lot right, but dwelling on that and if we continue to play at the level we played last Sunday and don't progress into championship then the Kerrys, the Dublins, the New Yorks, the Galways, the Roscommons, they'll quickly pass us out.

“We saw how quickly Tyrone's season changed in the league from having a poor start, to thinking they're on a downwards trend to finishing on very much an upwards trend.

“Kerry flying it, Dublin doing the same, so there is a lot of teams that probably will be putting stuff that went wrong in the league right and the playing field will certainly level out unless we keep developing.”

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