Kieran Shannon: time to double up to save league’s integrity

Roscommon and Mayo could play a league final against one another on April 2 and meet again in championship a week later.

Mayo manager Kevin McStay. Picture: INPHO/Ben Brady

Just because Kevin McStay had reason to tell the reporter he’d wasted a question didn’t mean the reporter was wrong to ask it.

In fact after the manner in which Mayo had dismissed Tyrone in a fashion not dissimilar to how they had emphatically swept aside Kerry the week before, a part of McStay would probably be relieved the question didn’t concern that other most obvious if premature and flighty of thoughts last Saturday in Castlebar triggered: Well, Kevin, could this finally be the year?