New Sligo manager Cathal Corey was already turning his attention to next weekend's Allianz League Division 3 opener against Armagh after yesterday's narrow Connacht FBD League defeat to Mayo in Ballina.

"Everything is building towards the start of the league next week and we're happy we got a performance," the Tyrone native told RTÉ.

"We had suffered a heavy defeat against Roscommon and we went back and worked very hard the last couple of weeks. We got a result against Leitrim on Wednesday night and coming down here today we were asking the boys for a performance.

"We got Cian Breheny, Niall Murphy and Ross Donovan back on the field for the first time and as I said we're happy to have added new more players to the list for the league."

On facing the Orchard County in the Athletic Grounds, Corey said: "I'm looking forward to it surely. Going into the Athletic Grounds, you'll be nervous and apprehensive, but you have to look forward to it too.

"The young players we have brought in want to play at this level. These young players will have long careers at Sligo and they will learn their trade from going to the likes of the Athletic Grounds.

"Armagh are a great team, with dangerous forwards. They are good at running the ball and are well-drilled. They're strong and physical so we'll have a lot of stuff to deal with it."

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