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It was misery all round for Mayo GAA as our senior men and ladies suffered a double defeat for the second week in a row.

Since 2016 Galway have played Mayo on seven occasions, winning all seven - three in the championship, two in the national league, and two in the FBD league. And on Saturday evening, Galway continued the recent domination of their old rivals with a 1-11 to 0-12 win in McHale Park to make it their sixth in a row.

A Saturday evening in February is never the date to mark your cards for what you will expect to happen later on in the Summer.

Mayo picked up their first home win in league or championship since beating Donegal in 2017 on a night that won’t be forgotten by the 10,941 strong crowd - for the weather rather and the football on display.

A sense of deflation has descended upon us Mayo folk after Mayo's shock defeat to Kildare in the qualifiers, and now with the two groups of four for the Super 8s decided it is hard to comprehend Mayo not being involved in it.

What happened in Newbridge leading up to throw-in had been of the GAA’s great soap operas, played out in front of the country for all to throw in their two cents.

Mayo swatted away the challenge of Limerick with ease in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening going home with a 18 point win against their hosts.

It seems like it's déjà vu all over again. Have people not learned?

There was no third time lucky for Mayo against Galway, as the Tribesmen came to town and went home with the win in front of a packed house of 29,449 paying spectators.

The Galway footballers will be fully aware Stephen Rochford and his Mayo squad will have all their guns locked and fully loaded to try to knock them out of the Connacht championship this Sunday in McHale Park (4pm).