Change in the Mayo air ahead of clash with Roscommon

Mayo manager James Horan speaks to his players during their win at Avantcard Páirc Sean Mac Diarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

The fact that Mayo went into Connacht championship battle last Sunday with only five players who also started the 2017 All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin would suggest that a changing of the guard is in full swing.

David Clarke, Lee Keegan, Paddy Durcan, Aidan O’Shea, and Cillian O’Connor were the only survivors from the team that lost a second successive final three years ago, who also made the starting team against Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon.