Conor Hussey: Training the day after Dublin defeat, management team departures and the Mayo rivalry

"Players actually aren’t getting flogged like they would in the past so I think that’s definitely a positive."

Footballers in front row, from left, Diarmuid O'Connor of Mayo, Jack Casey of Leitrim, Conor Hussey of Roscommon, John Daly of Galway and Keelan Cawley of Sligo and back row from left, Mayo manager Kevin McStay, Leitrim manager Andy Moran, Galway selector John Concannon and Sligo selector Noel McGuire. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

It was early in the race when Roscommon started to stumble.

They suffered their second defeat of the league in the middle of February. Post-match Davy Burke declared that of their 65 trainings so far, the full squad haven’t trained together once.