Conor Mortimer insists Aidan O'Shea is no full forward.

The Breaffy clubman has been wreaking havoc from the edge of the square all summer and is likely to be posted close to goal against Dublin this weekend. But his former Mayo team-mate isn't convinced...

"I played alongside him at full forward and he wasn't a great full forward at that time," Mortimer comments in The Irish Examiner. "It wasn't his position and I still don't think it's his position. He's a midfielder, he's not a full forward but it's working for the cause and that's what it boils down to.

"He's a great man to win a ball, his hands are like shovels. It's a matter of the corner forwards making the right runs off him because against Dublin when you get ball you won't have space to run through four or five defenders and kicking a score.

"He's a great player to be playing alongside now. He'll lay off ball to you all day. It's up to the lads who are there now to do it. I think that's what Dublin will try and do: try and stop the ball getting into O'Shea rather than try and stop O'Shea. If they do that and keep Lee Keegan defending... Lee Keegan was involved in 2-9 of the 2-13 in the last game. He'll be on Connolly or Flynn and it's highly unlikely he'll be involved in that type of scoring again. If you take his influence out, it's up to everyone else to step up."

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