Mayo profligacy will be punished on bigger stage

On the August Bank Holiday weekend Mayo will have their first real championship battle of the season in the All-Ireland quarter-finals at Croke Park.

There were plenty of questions for the home fans leaving MacHale Park yesterday. Will their side be ready for the challenge at HQ? Can they pick up the intensity and work-rate needed to reach the semi-finals for the third season in-a-row? And the perennial teaser — is it possible for them to go all the way?

They cantered to their third provincial title in-a-row yesterday and while there are still a lot of questions for them, there were no answers forthcoming against a London side totally out of their depth.