Horan focused on getting Mayo ready for Meath

MAYO manager James Horan is focused on getting his charges ready to face Meath in the second Super 8s group match at Croke Park next Sunday at 2 p.m.

Speaking after today's defeat to Kerry in Killarney, he said: “We were comprehensively beaten. Kerry were very good. We were a little bit off and they ran out comfortable winners.

“But we have to move on straight away. There’s nothing we can do about it now.

“It's hard to know what really went wrong. It could be a few things, it could be a combination of things.

“We’ll train during the week and we’ll get ready as best we can for next weekend.

"We struggled in the middle of the field. David Moran caught a lot of ball in the first half and then ball that we did get, we kicked away a huge percentage of it.

"Our kick-passing was quite poor right throughout the game. When you’re not winning much ball in the middle of the field and anything you do get you’re kicking it away, then you’re going to struggle.

“We put ourselves and our full-back line under immense pressure, particularly in the first half.

“Next weekend is a big one for us so we’ll prepare as well as we can for it."

A win against the royal county would put Mayo back in the frame with a home match to come against Donegal.