Mayo’s Horan no stranger to mind games

As often is the case, context is required to fully understand James Horan’s unbridled rant against the Cork football management on Sunday.

Cast your mind back to last year’s All-Ireland quarter-finals and the pre-match war of words between Mayo and Donegal.

The then All-Ireland champions were, in fairness, the instigators. When now former selector Rory Gallagher spoke of collusion between Mayo and Monaghan he took the biscuit.