It has been well documented that Mayo were not considered a serious threat in this year's race for Sam Maguire but everyone expected Kevin McStay's team to at least put themselves in a good position for a quarter-final berth with a comfortable victory against Cavan last Sunday.

However, that failed to materialise at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon as a resilient Cavan took the game to the favourites from the outset and deservedly won out comfortably with a scoreline that really failed to reflect their overall domination in front of a small crowd in Castlebar.

After putting it up to Galway in the Connacht Final, Mayo were expected to secure the valuable two points in their first Round Robin encounter but they never really got out of the blocks and their performance on Sunday can only be as lethargic and lacklustre.

Honest........

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