Dillon asks kids to deliver at Croker

MAYO captain Alan Dillon has targeted a win in Croke Park as the next step in Mayo’s path back from the edge of the abyss in London and is looking to the county’s younger generation to provide the required impetus.

The new Connacht champions have lost five straight games at headquarters since defeating Dublin with a point to spare in an epic All-Ireland semi-final in 2006, and those losses have come in both league and championship.

Meath had their number with three points to spare in the last eight in 2009 and Tyrone edged a fourth round qualifier by a point a year earlier. Donegal and Cork have bettered them in Allianz FL finals while Dublin dispatched James Horan’s side in a league tie earlier this year.