TV View: Mayo bleed as Chekhov’s gun goes off in all directions

Chekhov’s gun. It’s a literary, ahem, thing. Erudite and discerning folk that they are, readers of the Irish Examiner’s sports section will be familiar with the concept. 

Just in case you were out sick the day it came up in college, the dictum states that if there’s a gun on the mantelpiece in the first act of the play then it must be fired by the third act.

It’s 15 minutes to throw-in and Marty Morrissey is on the sideline with John Maughan, Tomás Ó Sé and Alan Brogan. They’re discussing the changes made to both starting sides, one of which sees the younger Brogan being dropped for Paddy Andrews. Another entails a new man featuring between the sticks for Mayo. Rob Hennelly is in for David Clarke.