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26th February 2017
10:52pm GMT

"For years you hear ‘it’s only the League, everything will come right by the championship’ but nowadays the League is so competitive," Spillane said on Allianz League Sunday. "Look at last year’s excellent League performances – Clare, won Division 3, got into the (All-Ireland) quarter-finals, Tyrone, won Division 2, won the Ulster championship. Two teams in the National League final, Kerry and Dublin, were in the last four, and Dublin were the All-Ireland champions. "So right, this was their night, big crowd, they’re a passionate crowd. This was their night to send out signals that this is a different team this year.Two games later, Mayo have not just beaten Kerry, but they've leapfrogged them as the Kingdom fell to two successive home defeats. But it's only February. It's only the league. Or so says Pat Spillane. When Kerry lose... https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_GAA/status/835971753012834305 Watching him squirm on this weekend's edition of the RTÉ highlights show was a joy to watch. Then, he went and praised Mayo's performance. https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_GAA/status/835976034457636864 But it was too late. The damage was done. There was too much hypocrisy flowing under the bridge. Too much. https://twitter.com/LaobhaoiseNihE/status/835971842951237634 https://twitter.com/BarryMullane1/status/835973496429740033 https://twitter.com/perry_sean/status/835972610961903617 Another day, another dollar."Sadly, the signals were mixed and poor. Monaghan were up for it mentally, physically, bullied Mayo out of the game. As signals and signs go for the year ahead, not good signals out of Castlebar last night."
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