Kevin Walsh has described Sligo's clash with New York as "the game from Hell".

Even though his Yeats County side cantered past the Exiles at Gaelic Park in the first round of the Connacht SFC on Sunday night, manager Walsh told the Irish Independent that it's the kind of match that's fraught with danger:

"It's a game you're expected to win and it's the game from Hell for management.

"At the same time, what New York are trying to do here with four American-born players and the route they are trying to take it, I don't see a problem with it.

"Lots of their players got experience, they didn't do any worse than some previous teams so I don't know what would work, but with the underage coming up they could be strong in three or four years' time.

"It is a match that, as a manager, you don't look forward to. You don't know what to expect. One year there is a heavy defeat and then Galway were very lucky to come out of here two years ago, and Mayo were lucky in London last year.

"We certainly wouldn't have taken it for granted - with the flights it is always a challenge to get your body and system right. We took it seriously - it was the same as playing Mayo or Galway." Tweet

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