GAA Digest: Dublin returns to winning ways at O'Byrne Cup

 Ryan said: “We met with Eoin Kelly in October as we did a number of other players. He was then brought in for a fitness assessment and a gym program for seven weeks.

“At the end of seven weeks, he was called in, as the rest of the players were, and given a fitness test by Pat Flanagan. The results of that test were disappointing, to be honest.

“I then contacted Eoin and I said to him that we were going to invite him to join the panel for the month of January and see would that make any difference, on one condition that he came in and met us.
“He refused to meet us and I said to him very specifically, ‘Eoin, do you realize by not meeting us the consequences of your decision?’

“He said, ‘I do.’ I said, ‘Okay, will you think about that overnight and I’ll come back and talk to you tomorrow?’ So I rang him again the following day and again, Eoin said that he hadn’t changed his mind. That was exactly as he felt.

“So, in effect, Eoin Kelly has effectively ruled himself out of the squad for the moment.”

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Fermanagh Wins 

FERMANAGH boss Peter Canavan made a winning start in his new job as his adopted county beat Antrim in the McKenna Cup on Sunday as big full-forward Seamus Quigley scored a goal and eight points on the day.

“There are areas of Seamus’s play we’ll look at, where he made mistakes and got caught up in a few things, but certainly his goal was a fantastic finish, and not too many could find it the way Seamie did,” said Canavan afterwards.

“I can only judge him on this past couple of weeks and I must say he has been as dedicated as any player that has come to training. He’s putting in maximum effort and that’s what I am judging him on so far. He’s no different to the other 30 on the panel.”

The relatively easy win for Fermanagh did take new boss Canavan by surprise.

He added, “I was a bit worried coming into the game about our standard of fitness, but I must say I’ve been very impressed with the players’ attitude in training and it was very much displayed here today.”
 
Mayo Wins

MAYO great Conor Mortimer celebrated his return to inter-county action after an 18 month injury nightmare with two points as a substitute in the FBD League win over Leitrim at the weekend.

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