It was a day that many Mayo fans will not want to remember as our senior footballers fell short to the rebel county. The TUS Gaelic Grounds was swarmed in a sea of green and red but Cork were victorious on a wet and miserable day for Kevin McStay’s Mayo side.

Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue opened the score line between the pair, slotting the ball over the bar in the fourth minute of the first half which was quickly answered by Cork’s Rory Maguire. The one highlight for me in the first half,I didn’t recognise the Mayo team that was on display. Lack of communication on the field, when a player had the ball,no support was offered to the player and the rest of them were standing around like statues. It was typical Mayo football throughout the first half when a player had the ball no support was shown and they had to recycle it back to first player they saw. The fact we were trailing behind a much better but dirty physical Cork team was a sight not to be seen for Mayo fans as the half time whistle blew.

As both teams emerged for the second half, like many Mayo fans I thought it would be one of those games where we’d turn the tables in the second half. Like many Mayo fans will agree referee Paul Faloon couldn’t help hide his Cork jersey he had on underneath us referee uniform, making sure the Cork players knew his favourite colour was yellow.

The second half showed Mayo to be more awake and thriving. Mayo’s chances were looking to turn once Tommy Conroy found the back of the Cork net but our celebrations were cut short when Steven Sherlock beat Colm Reape from the penalty spot to deepen the wound for Mayo fans.

As we await our faith in tomorrows draw, the biggest wake up call for Mayo the fact they got humiliated by a division three team. After todays game it feels as if the reach for Sam Maguire cup keeps getting further and further away. As the next few weeks go on I hope I can backtrack on what I have said today, each year we as fans know the capabilities of our amazing senior footballers but as we know we’re at the stage where silly mistakes are the last thing we should be worried about. We will put today behind us and move on as they say because no matter the result of the day we will always show the support for our boys in green and red.