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The events of last weekend will have to have been put in cold storage this week as James Horan plotted and planned for what has become a must-win game for Mayo in the Super 8s.

Mayo find themselves in a real dogfight to secure a place in the All-Ireland semi final after a ravenous Kerry tore shreds off James Horan's men in the first round Super 8 game in Killarney.

They travelled in their thousands, making the long trek from all corners of Mayo from early morning and they waited until the bitter end and it was a sobering conclusion for the Mayo faithful in Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney - but the end in this came long before the final whistle was blown.

Sport is the great entertainment of the masses and Gaelic Football is the one that whets the appetite like no other on the west coast.

Sport is the great entertainment of the masses and Gaelic Football is the one that whets the appetite like no other on the west coast.

Claiming the league title against Kerry back in April was an experience enjoyed by all - but what could be just as important as actually lifting the trophy for the rest of the Summer, is the new and returning players, that were blooded by James Horan during those eight league games - and the FBD before it - in the depths of Winter.

For the first time in two decades Mayo and Galway will square off knowing whoever is standing tallest at the final bell will end the other's Summer.

Mayo are in the hat for Monday’s last round of the qualifiers draw - but their injury concerns continue to pile up with Lee Keegan and Jason Doherty both forced out of their nerve wracking win over Armagh with injuries.

Mayo's midfield injury crisis continued to mount this week with Diarmuid O'Connor fracturing his wrist in training on Tuesday night.

There is no room for error from here on in for Mayo.