James Horan opens up on Mayo player row

The Mayo footballers do not need to explain why they voted ‘no confidence’ in Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly, according to James Horan.

In his first public comment since the crisis erupted last week, the former Mayo manager called for all parties in the impasse to move forward together.

He described the vote of ‘no confidence’ in Holmes and Connelly as high risk and potentially career-ending for certain members of the Mayo panel.