Gritty Meath spear Mayo’s soft underbelly – again

ALL WEEK we heard “this is a different Mayo team”. Indeed, many conversations even stretched to how Mayo would cope with another clash with Kerry after being mangled by them in the 2004 and 2006 All-Ireland finals.

However there was a few lone, foreboding voices hoping for a “mercy killing” by Meath on the basis they could not stomach another potential hiding by the men from the south-west.

If that is what they wanted, they got their wish, as Meath rightly took out Mayo with a high tempo and free scoring last 20 minutes that left Mayo high, dry and in dock for another season.