Horan’s edge has come as godsend to Mayo

The question is this: what have Donegal, Joe Brolly, the general GAA media, the Mortimer family, Brian Cuthbert, RTÉ, Mayo County Board and Jim Gavin all got in common?

We won’t ask you to look to bottom of the page for the answer. You know it already.

Often, James Horan has been provoked into revealing his prickly side. Other times, he’s launched premeditated blasts such as those against RTÉ/Brolly. Darragh Ó Sé called it during the week when he said Horan’s default setting is war footing — “James Horan always seems to be ready for a fight about something — and I say ‘good for him’. That’s the way he rocks”.