Kenneth Mortimer hopes Mayo's footballers aren't "cutting off their nose to spite their face".

The former Mayo ace is concerned that the decision of the players to effectively oust their management team of Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly could backfire unless a worthy successor is appointed:

"My initial thinking would be that it may well prove to be counter-productive without the basis of a reasonable alternative being identified," he notes in The Irish Independent.

"It's fairly clear that if you take, for argument's sake, the more recent All-Ireland-winning managers, are any of them likely to be available? Probably not.

"Domestically in the county, what's available? And while I'm sure that there will be plenty of interest in the county for the job, is there anyone that would necessarily be as interested in the role given the circumstances. I'm not so sure - and this has always been my primary fear.

"I can only assume their intentions are whole in this regard but are they cutting off their nose to spite their face? That will only be determined by virtue of who actually takes the job."

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