Mayo will benefit from players’ show of unity, says Billy Joe Padden

Billy Joe Padden believes the unity of the Mayo panel in their opposition to Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly remaining on as co-managers bodes well for the future.

Former county footballer Padden, who commended the pair for stepping down, was struck by how effective the players were in achieving their aim last week. “The players have shown amazing unity in what they’ve done,” Padden wrote in his Mayo News column. “They’ve stuck together, been respectful of each other and the different views in terms of how individual players voted. They have still been united in terms of what they felt was best for the group.

“The unity of purpose they showed by turning up together at last Thursday night’s meeting at MacHale Park spoke volumes.