EDITORIAL: Mayo must avoid complacency in Leitrim |
AFTER Mayo's lacklustre championship opener against Sligo, it seems most of the pundits in the country have written off Kevin McStay's team as serious contenders for this year's All-Ireland title.
It's been a very long time since Mayo were as big as 22/1 to win Sam Maguire and six other teams sit ahead of them in the betting to win this year's title.
They are overwhelming favourites to beat Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon next Saturday afternoon but in doing so, they need to put in a performance and give themselves a big confidence boost ahead of the Connacht final against either Galway and Roscommon.
Mayo did only beat Sligo by three points but in fairness, Sligo did play very well in........