O'Reilly: 'Mayo stat' was never talked about
March 18, 2016
Castlebar Mitchel's joint-manager Declan Shaw.
©INPHO/Tommy Grealy.
Castlebar Mitchel's joint-manager Declan O'Reilly wasn't sure if Mayo's poor record in Croke Park finals affected his players.
The pre-match favourites never showed up for yesterday's All-Ireland club football final which saw Ballyboden St. Enda's coast to a 2-14 to 0-7 win.
"It's hugely disappointing. We came here and we didn't want to be another Mayo stat, we really didn't. We didn't talk that much about that side of things, but we knew we had a job to do to take on Ballyboden St. Enda's," O'Reilly said in the Irish Examiner.
"It's hard to know. Certainly, I can guarantee you that it's something that was never talked about. It wasn't an issue. We focused solely on ourselves and Ballyboden.
"We analysed them as best we could, we got our preparation as good as it was going to be and it just didn't happen for us."
