Quote from: Blowitupref on June 15, 2023, 04:13:06 PM
from Irish Examiner podcast.
Former Mayo football manager James Horan believes the Kevin Walsh factor will make Sunday's trip to the Gaelic Grounds to face Cork even tougher.
Walsh had a great record against Mayo as Galway manager, from 2014 to 2019, as his side's defeated their provincial rivals six times in seven matches.
The Killannin man is now a coach in Cork boss John Cleary's backroom team, and Horan knows first-hand how Walsh improves teams.
"He changed Galway football significantly. Before, in the media, it was always how stylish, how skilful they were, from Michael Donnellan to Shane Walsh, that idea was there,"
"We were beating them and beating them heavy from 2010 onwards, we got a jump on them physically. And when Kevin came in he definitely went about making them tougher, harder, more difficult to play against. And they did a job on Mayo for a couple of years.
"He knows how to make a team as effective as possible and it's probably what Cork need to solidify them, make them harder. I'm sure they will fancy a crack at Mayo."
Didn't he lose twice to Mayo in the championship in 2015 and 2019?