Mayo players will now be under even more pressure

Stephen Rochford’s acrimonious departure from Mayo has been handled similarly to the last heave against the management team three years ago: Badly.

The dogs in the street knew for the last week or so that trouble was brewing out west. There were murmurings that the players weren’t happy.

Then, we were told Peter Ford and Shane Conway were coming in to fill the void vacated by Tony McEntee and Donie Buckley, but it’s clear the players had problems with the set-up going forward and have played some part in Rochford going. I think there can be no doubt about that.