Guckian aims to get the best
September 23, 2016
Leitrim players celebrate.
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Leitrim manager Brendan Guckian has vowed to get the best players in the county lining out in the green and gold jersey.
The newly installed manager has made no promises of immediate promotion in the league or winning Connacht titles, but his main focus will be to restore pride in the jersey and take it from there.
It is refreshing to hear an inter-county manager be realistic in his aspirations for the year ahead as so many tell the media what they want to hear.
Speaking in an in-depth interview with the Leitrim Observer, Guckian outlined his plans for the coming year.
"Our primary aim is to get the best players in Leitrim playing for Leitrim," stressed Guckian.
"I've watched a lot of club games and there are a lot of guys out there that are quite capable of wearing the Leitrim jersey who haven't been over the last couple of years so there are opportunities there for everybody to lay down a marker and represent their county with pride."
He added: "If we do that, we will get results along the way. There are good young lads coming up the ranks and I think if guys gel together and get the pride and passion back in the jersey, I think we could do a lot of good things.
"That's our primary aim, to get the best available players playing for Leitrim, to get them to play to their potential as individuals and as a team and you would imagine, if that happens, you would get results along the way."
