Tommy Martin: Maybe this really is Mayo's year...you just can't say it

The best you can tell Mayo folks is that while this may not be THE year, it will be certainly be a year. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. Mostly cry, to be honest.

THE ETERNAL STRUGGLES: Mayo fans have never had it easy. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Aside from dressing up in a gold lamé jumpsuit and dancing the Rumba on national television, the best way to make a fool of yourself in Irish public life is to tip Mayo for the All-Ireland.

At least with the Rumba you’d get some exercise and a JCB bucket of fake tan. Say out loud that you’ve been watching the Allianz League closely and studying the form carefully and JESUS CHRIST, THIS COULD BE THEIR YEAR and only derision and mockery awaits.