Our management were immense: Philly McMahon

Tue, 4th October 2016

Dublin defender Philly McMahon has hailed the work of Jim Gavin and his management team in the after-glow of last Saturday's All-Ireland SFC final replay glory.

The Dubs looked rattled at times, by their standards, in the drawn encounter but pitched the preparations perfect for the rematch.

“All the players looked in the mirror, instead of looking out the window. We were lucky to have another chance, and couldn’t wait to get going again," says Philly.

"The management team were immense over the last two weeks.

“We really noticed they upped their game, so we had to up our game for them.

“They try to support us in every way, and that creates the environment we’re in, and the talk that goes on around that environment, and that helped us massively.”

For the Ballymun Kickhams man, who has now won four senior All-Irelands, there was something extra special about this latest one.

“Saturday was for me one of the special ones, given all that surrounded it, such as the 1916 celebrations, this year, and then those two battles we had with Mayo.”