Replying To Crashingwaves:  "Interesting points. Your last sentence is revealing, ye're still the enemy " - I think both counties, especially Mayo this year, put too much emphasis on beating the other and both counties got beaten the next day as a result. Not being from the Galway/ Mayo border area I would never regard Mayo as an enemy, a huge rival in footballing terms but one that we always respected."

Replying To GreenandRed:  "You think, during the league match on Brigids weekend, that we were putting emphasis on beating Galway?"

Replying To yew_tree:  "I think the consensus was this Mayo team at this particular stage of their development needed a Connacht title. I think beating Galway would have been a morale booster but that for me is down to more the fact Galway are a top team rather than getting one over on ye (The Galway border is 8mins down the road from me).

A bit like back the years when Galway beat us in Connacht but we were getting to semi finals and finals. Roles have revered in recent years. It's all swings and roundabouts though.

I'll ping a question back, do Galway need to win it this year? Will Joyce stay on regardless of what happens? Feels like a sliding doors year for Galway. Mayo couldn't do it and every final loss accumulated the pressure. Ye have every chance and I honestly can't pick the winner from 5-6 teams."