Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Could the six-week wait actually suit Mayo?

James Horan's men need a target man inside and the obvious candidate is Aidan O'Shea. 

MY BALL: Galway's Cillian McDaid gets to the ball ahead of Enda Hession of Mayo in Castlebar. 

THE Connacht championship quarter-final at McHale Park in Castlebar was a really enjoyable encounter. 

The fact that both Mayo and Galway were happy to go long with the majority of their kickouts added to it as a contest. Ultimately it was a huge win for Galway, and a necessary win for the Padraic Joyce project. His big guns delivered with Paul Conroy, Damien Comer, Johnny Heaney and Shane Walsh all making significant contributions.