Mayo are back where they belong

You could call it a comeback, but Mayo have been here for years. A return to form? Absolutely, and ever so timely, as Kerry appear clear and present on their horizon. 

That 13-day turnaround doesn’t seem so short now, not when Mayo’s gaze would have shifted to the semi-final long before Anthony Nolan put Roscommon out of their misery.

It wasn’t until the 2005 quarter-finals that Tyrone on their mammoth 10-match run to an All-Ireland title came to life when they pulverised Dublin. It wasn’t until this last-eight replay, Mayo’s seventh outing this championship, that they opened up their shoulders in obliterating their neighbours.