Rochford said that the team need to work on finishing the job after they led Dublin seven times in the final on Sunday TOMMY DICKSON/INPHOIt is 16 days since the lobby of the Citywest hotel in Dublin was thronged with western supporters celebrating the end of an All-Ireland famine. The Galway hurlers chose the hotel as their base after ending their 29-year wait for the MacCarthy Cup, and Galway Bay FM set up beside the front door to tap in to the mood of a county on cloud nine. Brooding Mayo supporters trudged through the same lobby yesterday morning with sunken shoulders, their spirits broken after another All-Ireland football final defeat by Dublin. Andy Moran and Rob Hennelly, two Mayo players, chatted with friends and family but no one dared to break into a smile. We’ll certainly have regrets because it is such tight margins that decide these gamesStephen Rochford, Mayo’s manager, descended the stairs from the breakfast room and manfully agreed…

Source: The Times September 18, 2017 23:03 UTC