Former Dublin All Star and RTE panellist Ciaran Whelan doesn't expect Mayo to have any problem handling Roscommon on Sunday.

Stephen Rochford's side came through the fourth round of the qualifiers by edging past Cork with a point to spare after extra time in Limerick, having also required added periods to see off Derry at home in round two.

Whelan feels that the Westerners will be more comfortable with their surrounding at Croke Park this weekend but says they'll need a couple more leaders within their group to step up to the plate.

"They've been on a rocky road since the Galway game," Whelan wrote of Mayo in his Evening Herald column.

"Derry, Clare and Cork are nobody's idea of an easy stroll back to relevance in the Championship but they've grown and they've built.

"The worrying thing, however, is it's been the same players who have carried them to Croke Park on Sunday.

"The leaders. The key players; Andy Moran, Cillian O'Connor, Aidan O'Shea, Lee Keegan.

"That core of men have dragged them through the past few weeks and you can't but sit back and admire them for that, given what each of those players has been through. I don't expect them to have many problems with Roscommon on Sunday but if you look at them coldly now as contenders, there are more weaknesses in their game than the other All-Ireland hopefuls.

"Croke Park is an environment Mayo will be hugely comfortable in this weekend."

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