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Mon 03 Mar 2010Wasteful Mayo fail to get through blue wall
Dublin 1-9 Mayo 1-8:WHETHER DUBLIN paid a visit to the shrine in Knock on their weekend tour of Mayo is unclear, but as Pat Gilroy reflected on the metropolitans’ first win in the county since 1992, he attributed much of it to higher powers. “Blessed to get out with a win,” he said, standing in a Baltic breeze.
And it was true that Dublin won a tough, scrappy match that was characterised by flabbergasting Mayo wastage. John O’Mahony will rummage through the details of 18 wides to find the clues as to why Mayo relinquished their perfect league record.
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