Once unpredictable, now unreliable? Erratic Tyrone and Mayo meet once more

Once models of consistency, Tyrone and Mayo have become the definition of mercurial, erratic, flaky even. Back to pretty much what they were before Harte and Horan started their respective revolutions

Darragh Canavan of Tyrone shoots under pressure from Mayo players Lee Keegan and goalkeeper Rob Hennelly in 2921. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Before the watershed that was the 2021 All-Ireland final, predicting Tyrone-Mayo encounters was a fool’s game because you could never underestimate the other.

Now they’re impossible to call because you can’t rely on either. Models of consistency have become the definition of mercurial, erratic, flaky even. Back to pretty much what they were before Harte and Horan started their respective revolutions.