We can have no complaints, admits Roscommon boss Kevin McStay

Kevin McStay stood stoically through most of it. As goal followed point and point followed goal, Roscommon’s manager remained more or less motionless on the sideline, taking in the deteriorating scene with a serenity that belied the mayhem unfolding around him.

The only expression of real angst followed Kevin McLoughlin’s goal. Roscommon had just found their feet with a pair of points to answer Mayo’s five openers, when McLoughlin found the net with a mazy run that included a double hop of the ball.

“I was screaming at the linesman and I was a good bit away from the play, but that’s a small thing,” said McStay. “Momentum is a big thing around here and after that they were looking for goals every second chance they got.