Seán Rice

Maybe the decline of this Mayo team has begun?

FOOTBALL Mayo have been seen as Dublin’s closest rivals. Saturday’s 12-point hiding would suggest the gap has widened.

FOOTBALL Seán Rice came to measure the progress of Roscommon – and left dismayed at the extent of their sudden decline

FOOTBALL Like all good theatre, Saturday’s game was full of suspense, and culminated in an unexpected victory for Mayo

FOOTBALL Unless Mayo show for 70 minutes the form they showed for 35 minutes against Kerry, Roscommon will beat them.

FOOTBALL Mayo faces emerging from the raw bowels of MacHale Park on Saturday conveyed all the signs of disappointment.