Indo GAA podcast: Nice guys (Mayo) finish last, Donegal's siege mentality, Kerry's royal defeat
The lads discuss Mayo's crash out of the All Ireland series, how Jim McGuinness has implemented a siege mentality within Donegal and the 'shadow boxing' game that was between Armagh and Galway.
Elsewhere they examine Dublin's lack of goals and two-point scores, how Derry might consider themselves unlucky and Kerry's collapse versus Meath.
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