Conor McKeown

It does get said a lot more at the moment with the new rules.

But again, and I know the kick-outs have a big thing, but Andy Moran almost accepting when we lost the kick-out, what can you do?

Gerard Brennan said it.

I can't remember the exact wording but in effect it was like at a certain point all the tactics blah blah blah it was against Armand are they just going to get up and win the ball kind of a thing but it's the one thing I remember in a club championship semi-final this year we were going in we were ahead in the match but we were getting cleaned out in midfield and there was a big discussion between the management team what are we doing and somebody said we just have to tell them they win the ball and then it was like we can't

we have to tell them what to do we have to put them into the positions we have to help them out here we can't just say you have to win it because the players especially at that level what they've gone through to go and represent Mayo they will want to win that ball if they're in a position to win that ball but if they're not then they are going to start looking around being like what's going on here they've got a number on us here and what are we doing to respond and then you've even looked at

Like this is new rules.

This is the modern game.

You have Conor Loftus at number six.

Beautiful footballer.

Very good, yeah.

But Ross Common, look at that as a weakness.

Like we can line this guy up.

Dara Heaney can come out with all the pace he has and go at him.

Like he's not a natural defender.

So that's the sort of stuff then that Mayo, when they're losing, it sort of comes to light and that defensive setup looks so loose when they're not winning primary ball and the kicking in isn't going as well.

So, look...

I remember the days of under 16 used to be free and you'd run that up to the wire then as you got a bit older.

And somebody in Longford or Pierce Stadium before just said, under 26, in you go.

Like, Jesus, look at Michael Jordan.

I know it's a hell of a drug.