They’ve been pilloried by their own for Croke Park failures — often against Kerry — but turbo-charged wing back Lee Keegan feels this is a quiet, determined Mayo group who won’t get caught up in the past when there’s something so big in the present — like qualification for their third successive All-Ireland final appearance.

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Centre-forward Andy Moran has been officially installed as Mayo's captain, and he will lead the county in Sunday's Allianz League final against Cork.

MAYO boss James Horan may be without three players for the start of the Allianz Football League.

Dublin have topped the list of nominees with 12 of the successful All-Ireland title-winning side in line for GAA-GPA Football All-Stars.

HISTORY does not bode well for this Mayo team.

IN the fistful of Kerry championship victories over Mayo under Jack O’Connor, the scoreline dictates this to be second only to the 2006 All-Ireland final win.

Mayo manager James Horan has selected an unchanged team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

READING much into Mayo and Kerry’s last championship meeting is a tricky operation, given the massive changes the Connacht side has undergone.

Midfield

ON the face of it, they shouldn’t have a lot in common but for Keith Higgins the mention of Kerry or London stir the same chastening feeling.

A FEW pointers before we begin.

MAYO have become Samuel Beckett’s child of 2011: “I can’t go on, I’ll go on.”

Mayo manager James Horan hailed his side's workmanlike performance which led to them ousting reigning All-Ireland champions Cork at Croke Park this afternoon.

Mayo 1-13 Cork 2-6

NICHOLAS MURPHY could be brought into the Cork attack when they take on Mayo this weekend.

Mayo manager James Horan has made two personnel changes for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Cork at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

NORMAL service has been restored in Connacht.

IT has been a miserable week for Roscommon.

IT is hard to believe but Mayo were long gone from the championship this time last year.

FERGAL O’DONNELL just can’t help himself with the soccer references.

As expected, Mayo manager James Horan has named an unchanged team for Sunday's Connacht SFC final against Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park (throw-in 2pm).

TWELVE months after the winning of it and Cathal Cregg is still listening to people say that Roscommon won a handy Connacht title last year.

UP to now, games between London and Waterford were played out well below the nation’s radar. Ruislip or Fraher Field, it didn’t matter. Here were two bottom-feeders fighting for scraps at the bottom of a tank packed with far bigger fish.

MAYO’S Alan Dillon recovered from a freak accident during the warm-up before Ballintubber’s SFC clash yesterday to come off the bench and guide the defending champions to a hard-fought victory.

Things looked grim for Mayo when Paul Conroy poked the ball home for a Galway goal just before half-time in yesterday's Connacht SFC semi-final in Castlebar.

RARELY in the long and storied history of this age-old rivalry has the result been so important at such a relatively early stage in the season.

Mayo 1-12 Galway 1-06

DENIS WALSH has made two changes to the Cork team that annihilated Laois last week for Saturday’s All-Ireland second round qualifier against Offaly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh with Jerry O’Connor coming in for Tom Kenny at midfield while Cian McCarthy replaces Bill Cooper at centre-forward.

Seamus and Aidan O'Shea will form a new-look midfielder partnership for Mayo in Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Galway in Castlebar (throw-in 2pm).

INJURED Mayo midfielder Ronan McGarrity returned to training with the county squad last night, less than two weeks before the Connacht SFC semi-final showdown with Galway.

AFTER extra-time, James Horan came mightily close to a losing championship debut as Mayo manager after his wasteful side almost came a cropper against London in Ruislip yesterday.

London 2-10 Mayo 0-19, Ruislip (after extra-time)

Jason Doherty, one of Mayo's most impressive performers during the recent Allianz Football League, will make his first Championship start in the county's Connacht SFC opener against London.

Mayo manager James Horan has dismissed reports that suggested that former captain Trevor Mortimer was out of the running for a place in his Championship squad.

THE Mayo senior football team will be captained by former All Star Alan Dillon for this season’s championship campaign.

EVERYONE seems to be worried about Jonathan Sexton’s confidence these days, as if it is something as fragile as Ronan O’Gara’s latest Man of the Match crystal glass.

YOU know that a team is being utterly humiliated when the opposition manager starts taking off many of his best performers with ten minutes remaining.

NEW Mayo manager James Horan will be without some of his most experienced stars as they begin the defence of their FBD Connacht League title next Sunday.

A MASSIVE clash in the last 15 minutes between captains, Trevor Mortimer and Charlie Harrison, epitomised the difference between their respective Mayo and Sligo sides on Saturday evening.

Mayo 1-19 Dublin 0-14

WAYNE GRETZKY, I’m sure, could well swing a hurley if you pressed one into his hand. But I don’t know if ice hockey’s Ringy has any interest in Gaelic Games.