Seamie O'Shea: Mayo can make impact in All-Ireland series

Which Mayo will turn up against Kerry on Saturday? Seamie O'Shea is as unsure as the rest of us.

Almost six weeks have passed since Mayo's Connacht Championship exit at the hands of Roscommon, which came just seven days after they beat Galway to lift the league title at Croke Park.

Kevin McStay has demanded a reaction from his players but they face the toughest of starts to the All-Ireland series when they tackle the defending champions in the opening round of the All-Ireland series in Killarney.

O’Shea was involved in a number of do-or-die battles with Kerry, most memorably in the 2014 and 2017 All-Ireland semi-finals when replays and extra-time were required to separate the sides, but there is not as much at stake this weekend and the former midfielder believes that could work in the visitors’ favour.

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Mayo were beaten by Roscommon in last month's Connacht Championship quarter-finals

"Where are Mayo at? It’s hard to know," said O’Shea, speaking at the launch of this year's Electric Ireland All-Ireland Championships.

"They obviously went after the league it went really well for them. They got on a bit of run and won a couple of tight games that could have gone either way, and then finished it off really strongly with a good win against Galway.

"I know they had a couple of injuries and they were missing a few. It’s hard to know what kind of team will show up at the weekend.

"They’re still there or thereabouts. They’re in a group of four to six teams where there