Seamus O'Shea expects to be fit for the All-Ireland SFC final on September 19.

The Mayo midfielder was forced to retire with a knee injury in the 52nd minute of the 2-13 to 0-14 win over Tipperary, but has played down fears that he may be a doubt for the decider.

Welcoming the four-week run-in to the final, he told the Irish News: "The extra week is probably no harm.

"We're in a routine of playing games the last six or seven weeks but that's a lot of mileage that we have on the clock and it's probably no harm that we can let fellas recover before the final.

"We lost to Dublin last year, we lost to Kerry the year before, so we'll let them play it out [next Sunday] and see what happens and prepare accordingly."

Needless to say, the Breaffy clubman - who was one of three brothers who saw action yesterday - is hoping Mayo will produce a more consistent display the next day.

"We put 10 or 15 minutes together here and there and run up a big score and then we seem to drift off and fall asleep at times and let teams back into it," he said.

"We did that against Westmeath as well, we were on top and then for about 10 or 15 minutes after half-time for some reason we fell asleep and we did the same thing again today.

"It was disappointing but you have to have to hand it to them as well, they played well for that period and we were a bit slow to react and come to terms with it. We're always striving to get that 70-minute performance but it's something to work on ahead of the final."

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