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........

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