The tail is wagging the dog in Mayo, according to former star forward John Casey.

Speaking to The Examiner, Casey called on the Mayo players to outline their reasons for the no confidence vote in the joint-management of Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes.

"These players have obviously got massive expectancy, which is what we want from them, but a tail shouldn't be wagging the dog," the Charlestown clubman remarked.

"In every walk of life there is a hierarchy. I don't like players dictating. Yes, they are entitled to their opinion and, yes, they are an ambitious group, but go about it in the right way. The players are smart individuals, but it was conducted badly. It has transpired into mayhem.

"The vote of no confidence can only come from something major, something that the players obviously see that the current set-up have not done or got to get them over the line. Is it training, is it their tactics, is it the way they communicate with players, is it a bundle of small things rolled into one big thing?

Casey can only see one outcome to the current stalemate and that is Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes being forced to stand aside.

"I think their position is now untenable. It is an extremely awkward situation the management find themselves in. Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly gave their all to Mayo football. They ran the current All-Ireland champions within a whisker of their lives and, had they got over them, do you think there would be any vote of no confidence? No, there wouldn't."

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