Éamonn Fitzmaurice: The new, twisting road to football heaven
ONE OF THE BEST: Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea celebrates after the Allianz Football League Division 1 final with Galway. O’Shea is playing with extreme confidence, leading from the front and is gradually making the Mayo attack multidimensional. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Both the most talked about and one of the best players in the league. He is playing with extreme confidence, leading from the front and is gradually making the Mayo attack multidimensional. As the championship progresses and the opposition toughens I wonder will he (and Kevin McStay) have the patience and discipline to stay inside even when the flow of the game is against Mayo. There has been evidence in the league that he will come out the field to help, á la Michael Murphy or Rian O’Neill in the recent past. The problem with this is the target man is gone, probably when he is most needed. James O’Donoghue wouldn’t have got his late goal against Mayo in 2014, or similarly David Clifford against Monaghan in 2018 had Kieran Donaghy gone walkabout.
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