Niall Carew admits Sligo erred in going man to man with Mayo in yesterday's Connacht SFC final.

The Yeats County suffered a crushing 26-point loss which is certain to lead to a tactical rethink ahead of the fourth round qualifier against Tyrone in a fortnight's time.

"It's very disappointing. The gulf is there in terms of the top four or five teams. We set up the way we set up against Roscommon, it just didn't happen for us today," the crestfallen manager told RTE.

"We needed the start that Mayo got and as an underdog you lose quite a bit of energy and confidence. We struggled, but we have to pick up the pieces again. We have a game in two weeks and we certainly learned a hell of a lot from today."

He added: "They are a young team, they'll bounce back. In fairness they've worked very hard. That system served us quite well up to the Connacht final but we have to regroup and reset again.

"We were probably quite naive most of the day. We'll work on that and we'll get it right for two weeks' time.

"Our goal at the start of the year was to try and compete in the last eight, and we are still only one game away from that. It's either Tyrone or Galway, and we feel we can compete with them."

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