Two of the great narratives about the Mayo senior footballers this season and in previous campaigns has been the need for a "marquee forward" and according to Jim McGuinness in his Irish Times column today, the need to shore up the defence.
On Monday night's Off The Ball, ex-Mayo stalwart David Brady said the county had found a marquee forward in the imposing shape of Aidan O'Shea whose new role appears to be at full-forward under the new management team.
And judging by the spread of scores from last year's All-Ireland series, there was a reliance on Cillian O'Connor to engineer scores, with almost 45 per cent of goals and points coming from the Ballintubber club man.
In comparison to the other sides which reached the All-Ireland semi-finals, it shows a greater reliance on one player as the graphic below shows and it is something O'Shea could help to alleviate in 2015 if all goes to plan for Mayo.
Tonight on Off The Ball, we'll be discussing the development of Mayo and the role of O'Shea with the county's former manager James Horan who will be joining us every Thursday to analyse the big football talking points.
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