Cavan boss Mickey Graham has lashed out at a series of decisions he claims have gone against his team in the opening rounds of the Allianz Football League.

Our writers round-up the biggest talking points from the weekend's League action...

Mayo 1-19 Tipperary 1-11

AS a Mayo fan, Sunday was incredibly difficult to watch, writes Dr Ed Coughlan.

Not since 1998 and 1999 has there been this much fanfare about Connacht championship games, writes John Divilly

Tyrone 2-14 - Mayo 0-8: After what he described as his team’s best performance in years, Tyrone manager Mickey Harte took aim at those who had been critical of Tyrone’s tactical approach this year.

Galway 1-13 Mayo 0-11: The year is but a pup but already after two meetings between the old protagonists in the west, six players have been sent off and two victories for Galway against the All-Ireland finalists. 

February 3rd, and suffice to say that spring has not exactly yet sprung.

Enda Varley had his nose broken off the ball in the 2012 semi-final meeting of Mayo and Dublin and also played in the 2013 final. Gone from the county scene, he has since slipped behind enemy lines, playing his club football with St Vincent’s. Kieran Shannon discovers how he’s grown to appreciate his new surroundings and respect teammates like Diarmuid Connolly, but also sees a rivalry between his two homes slipping out of control

John Fogarty considers the selection issues facing the Kerry and Mayo management teams ahead of Sunday’s All -Ireland SFC semi-final.

Eleven years after delivering a Footballer of the Year season almost out of nowhere and destroying Mayo in an All-Ireland final, the same question is being asked about Kieran Donaghy — who do Mayo have that is capable of marking him?

Ray Silke looks at the factors that will decide today’s All-Ireland quarter-final replay

We know what we’ll get from Mayo in Limerick today. But we don’t have a clue what to expect from Cork, writes Colm Cooper.

Mayo fatigue is being experienced across the country but this team doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. That belligerence has to be respected yet the question is, can they transform doughtiness into dominance? John Fogarty looks at the arguments for and against.

Mayo manager Stephen Rochford doesn’t believe his team are under any more pressure this season than any other year as they once again try to end an All-Ireland famine going back to 1951.

Our hopes for the 2017 GAA season? They read as follows...

In an exclusive extract from his autobiography What Do You Think of That?, Kieran Donaghy recalls how his relationship with manager Jack O’Connor was different the second time around...

Stephen Rochford has praised Mayo County Board for making “a brave decision” in postponing this past weekend’s championship fixtures until after the All-Ireland final.

The Mayo County Board have acceded to a request by senior manager Stephen Rochford to postpone club championship games fixed for this weekend until the week after the September 18 All-Ireland final, writes John Fogarty of the Irish Examiner.

Some of Mayo’s biggest names face a race against time to be fit for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final against London in Ruislip.

Mayo manager Stephen Rochford says Cillian O’Connor’s natural leadership skills meant he was always destined to skipper his county.

Ryan Price would appear to have put himself in pole position to be Cork’s starting goalkeeper for the championship after he was named in the side for tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Kerry in Tralee (2pm).

Tipperary will be without influential forward Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher for next Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League quarter-final clash with Clare in Ennis.

Roscommon 1-7 Mayo 1-11: Mayo played this crucial Division 1 game with a swagger that you usual see from them in the Connacht championship, and against familiar opposition, there was a familiar result.

Mayo 0-7 Dublin 0-9: After just two rounds of league football, Mayo already look to have a huge fight on their hands to retain their top-flight status.

Two years ago, we reviewed the Dublin-Mayo All-Ireland final after Jim Gavin contended Joe McQuillan was a 16th man against them. The foul count read 33-12 against them at the end. Our study found five of the 33 fouls against Dublin were contentious but only one of those conceded by Mayo was dubious.

Donegal 0-11 Mayo 2-13: The perception that Donegal’s powers are on the decline will skew the prism through which this game is viewed, but Mayo’s All-Ireland quarter-final victory on Saturday evening owed as much to their own strengths as to the weaknesses of others.

Three things we learned yesterday.

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has displayed his bold streak once again by altering more than a quarter of his Kerry team for Saturday’s Munster football final replay with Cork.

Brian Whelahan has stepped down as Offaly senior hurling manager after two seasons in charge, the board’s executive informed club delegates in Tullamore last night.

For the first time in five years, Mayo are preparing for a Connacht championship match without James Horan in charge.

It takes more than guts to come back. Mayo fall guys in All-Ireland finals usually stay fallen. Dermot Geraghty never recovered from 2004. Dermot Flanagan admittedly was on his way out in 1997. But when 2012 befell Kevin Keane he had time on his side.