Spare the Mayo sympathy. They don’t want it

Before considering the wreath and awkward handshake for the Mayo post-mortem, consider perhaps a microscope and tweezers. We’re down to the smallest margins here, writes Tony Leen.

Nobody would begrudge them if they were well done now with your sympathy and stilted consolations. What they’ll turn to – if not on themselves - is the cold, hard nights of winter to crash themselves against. Mayo lost. Everything after the full stop is noise to them today.