by Damian Dolan
This London senior football team will be the best prepared ever when they take on Sligo in Sunday's Connacht Championship quarter-final clash at McGovern Park.
No stone has been left unturned in the Exiles' preparation for the game by manager Ciaran Deely and his management team.
"I'm really happy with where we're at." Deely told the Irish World. "Having spoken to previous managers like Paul Coggins and Noel Dunning, we're certainly the most prepared London team ever going into a championship.
"That in no way means we're definitely going to win the game. Sligo are a good Division 3 team and we're Division 4.
"It's going to be very difficult, but I've got a lot of belief, and the lads have belief, that if we can perform to near our maximum then we have a good chance."
A sports scientist with the Academy at QPR, Deely is a great believer in meticulous preparation, and the "belief and confidence" that comes from being "very well prepared".
"You're giving the lads as much opportunity as possible to perform," he added.
"When we look at the opposition it's about the threats we need to nullify, but also the areas in which we can exploit them….. how you're going to limit them and exploit their weaknesses.
"You're giving the lads a launch pad to then go and perform, and to try and win the game."
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