Ignore the performance - for Mayo it’s all about the result

Mayo 2-13 Tipperary 0-14: Erratic. Irregular. Inconsistent. But enough about the winners.

Mayo this morning find themselves having chugged their way to an All-Ireland final when they’ve reached their destination so many times before with a purr under their bonnet only to later require roadside assistance.

Maybe this is the year when that trend is reversed but on the basis of this, their most patchy victory yet this summer, it appears unlikely. What shouldn’t be lost is how good Tipperary were at times. For a team in their first All-Ireland semi-final, the stage-fright appeared to be all Mayo’s. But when it came to explosive power, Tipperary were lacking.