Originally Posted by
Longshanks
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Castlebar very much over priced for a decent home team.
Longshanks how do you reckon Claremorris v Ballymote will go??
the game is being played on the new Astro Turf pitch in Sligo, so Claremorris have to travel. Ballymote are a decent side for Sligo/Leitrim standards, young energetic and pacey with one or two experienced talkers to gel it together, on their day they are a handful. They've dumped both City and Carbury(Sligo top 2 teams last few seasons) out already. I think claremorris pushed Castlebar all the way to the last day of the season in the mayo league, but as with all Mayo teams keepng the motivation and training up from September through to march without regular games can be a problem, I think Claremorris have a few players in the Oscar Traynor team that beat Sligo 4-1 on Sunday, so some of them should be fit and sharp. I'd fancy Claremorris to come through the tie, although I'd be delighted to see Ballymote go through(I'm an ex Ballymote player:-)