Mayo must leave comfort zone

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The querencia is the spot in the ring to which the bull returns. Each bull has a different querencia, but as the bullfight continues, and the animal becomes more threatened, it invariably returns to his spot. Of course as the bull returns to his querencia, he becomes more predictable. And so, finally, the matador is able to kill the bull because instead of trying something new, the bull returns by default to what is familiar to him — his comfort zone.

In recent years the Mayo football team have threatened on a few occasions to leave their comfort zone and celebrated league wins over Kerry in 2007 and 2008 plus even more celebrated league and championship wins over Galway in 2009 had their pathologically passionate supporters dreaming of an extended ramble outside the querencia.