McKillop: Slaughtneil should have beaten us last year
October 22, 2015
Cushendall's Paddy Burke with Slaughtneil's Mark McGuigan during the drawn Ulster SHC semi-final at Owenbeg.
©INPHO/Presseye/Lorcan Doherty.
Cushendall manager John McKillop believes motivation won't be an issue for Slaughtneil in Sunday's Ulster club SHC final.
McKillop reckons the prospect of gaining revenge for last year's semi-final replay defeat to the Antrim champions and becoming the first Derry club to win an Ulster senior title will drive them to greater heights.
"Slaughtneil probably should've won the first day out, and I'm sure they probably think they should've won as well," he said in the Irish News.
"They'll want to be the first Derry club to win Ulster. They played Dungiven (in the Derry SHC semi-final) and beat them by a point and since after they've got stronger and stronger."
Cushendall won't be lacking in motivation themselves following their surprise loss to Portaferry in last year's provincial decider.
"When I came in for the job, they said they wanted to get back and make up for last year, so hopefully, touch wood, it goes right this time around."
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