Kevin McStay: Mayo are in a good place

Kevin McStay says that Mayo's attention will quickly turn to the Connacht SFC and a trip to the Big Apple after they finished the defence of their Allianz Football League Division 1 crown with a victory over Monaghan at Clones.

A strong finish, capped by Matthew Ruane's goal, helped them to pick up their fourth win of the spring although they were already out of the running for a final place before today's action.

While the defence of their league title came up short, McStay was satisfied that they won more games than they lost, with just two weeks to go before they make their provincial bow.

"People think there's nothing to play for in these last round games in terms of relegation or promotion," he began, speaking on RTÉ's Sunday Sport.

"Lots of players on both sides, two weeks out from championship you can imagine they're all trying to stake their claims.

"With that you get a fairly competitive [game]. Now, it was a touch off championship action but the endeavour was there throughout the game. There was never more than two or three points between us.

"We got the nudge coming down the home stretch, the goal that obviously changed it but Monaghan were still buoyant at that stage and came back at us.

"Happy to get the two points because it moves us to eight points. When I reflect on it overall, the trip to Kerry we might have got something, at Omagh we could have done better.

"We know we could have accumulated a decent number of points if the league was our total focus. We went after everything but at league pace."

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