Competition keeps McMahon on his toes
May 29, 2015
Dublin's Philly McMahon
Competition for places on the Dublin start 15 is intense but Philly McMahon wouldn't have it any other way.
The Ballymun Kickhams clubman knows what it's like not to make the cut having been dropped from the sky blue panel by Pat Gilroy back in 2008 but he took the set-back on the chin and the experience made him a better player.
"That's the great thing about Gaelic football," the defender pointed out to The Irish Daily Mirror.
"You look at soccer, you have a player that goes to Shamrock Rovers and they think, 'If I play poorly, I'll go to another club next to them' - and you keen bouncing around clubs until you get to the top team or whatever it is.
"Gaelic football, if you don't perform you're gone.
"You're competing against your opponents; you're competing against your teammates; you're competing against players that come in - and that's the really enjoyable thing about Gaelic football, you're always on your toes."
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