Replying To Llaw_Gyffes:  "Just out of interest why do you think Mayo might not improve over the summer? Given that the league is not their top priority for obvious reasons, the fact that some of them are way below the necessary fitness levels and that five of the six defenders who started last years final have still to come back, I was very encouraged by Sundays display. The much maligned young lads stood up to be counted and six of the winning U21 team finished the game. I think Donegal are heading in the right direction bringing in the new faces but I also think Mayos display in Ballybofey, given all the circumstances, was very encouraging."

Replying To ISupposeSoSheehan:  "Jamie Brennan and Eoghan Ban Gallagher are two great prospects. Where has Kieran Gillespie disappeared to?"

Replying To Donegalman:  "Well for starters, Kerry were making the same noises at the beginning of the league by beating a donegal team by a point. Thing is that this Kerry team are not setting the world on fire since then. When you take into account that the average age of the donegal team that day was 23, you would have to wonder how good they really were. Similarly on Sunday, Mayo drew albeit quite luckily with a donegal team made up of experienced players who lacked match fitness and also without mark mchugh. Paddy McBrearty was not at full strength either. We did very well to go 3 up in the second half after the start mayo made. It is worth mentioning mayos start too. If a team get the upper hand as they did in the first 10 minutes and don't build on it, i.e. put the match to bed, then there is something seriously wrong here.

I would say v Galway you will have a very different team to cope with than donegal and it would be fair to say that it will be a much truer test from a team a lot more developed and seasoned than us.

I think we can improve for sure because our experienced lads will be upping their training big time and the other lads will have come on leaps and bounds too. I think that if we develop more of a killer instinct in the last 15 minutes we will do a lot better.

I also looked at the performances of the Osheas last Sunday and wonder will they last another year of this. v Dublin or Tyrone or even Galway, I am wondering how they are going to fair. They were very anonymous at times during the game. Big question, can they improve? I don't believe they can.

I hope to see mayo later in the year in Croke park for what they bring in terms of drama to the championship. But I am not sure they can continue copying and pasting their passion and performances of recent years."