Derek Crilly says Louth have the strength in depth to cope with their recent departures.

A number of Wee County players - including midfielders Brian Donnelly and Brian White - have defected to the United States ahead of the championship, but Dundalk Gaels clubman Crilly reckons the Reds won't be unduly affected.

"It's disappointing because they are all good footballers that are going away," he says in The Dundalk Democrat. "But we feel that we have a strong squad.

"We feel that we will be able to cope without them and there are other lads that are going to have to step up to the plate.

"We've developed the squad over the last few years. Maybe a couple of years ago, if we had lost four or five lads we might have struggled. But I think we are capable of coping with it now." Tweet

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