It's hard to believe that we are only in mid-June and there is a real possibility that the Mayo senior footballers could be out of the Championship by next Sunday evening.

A loss to Donegal coupled with a win for Tyrone in the other Group One fixture will mean Mayo will be out of the competition due to their head-to-head record against Cavan.

The bookmakers feel that this is the most likely set of results on Sunday afternoon with Donegal odds on at 4/11 and Tyrone overwhelming favourites at 1/8.

However, as is often Mayo's gift, they must now put their best foot forward and try to summon a performance that can keep them in the championship and advance to the knock-out stages of the competition.

It certainly is a case of 'do or die' at Hyde Park in Roscommon and Stephen Rochford in his role as interim manager will be certainly letting his players know that there really is no room for complacency once the ball is thrown in on Sunday.

All four teams go into the weekend........

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