When the fog clears, expect a Mayo rain dance

I’m tired of hearing that Mayo are going to have to do something different to win an All-Ireland, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

“Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bullshit.” [Chuck Palahniuk, author Fight Club]

Because the last two All-Ireland football finals have been ruined by bad weather, it would be foolish not to factor the rain into any conversation ahead of this evening’s Dublin-Mayo replay. But there are so many other beguiling variables that the weather really should be a sideshow this time around.