Kevin McStay will remain in charge of Mayo for the upcoming 2025 season, but it wasn't a straight forward process when it came to reaching that decision.
It took 92 days since Mayo's exit from the championship when Mickey Harte's Derry beat them on penalties, before they reached their final conclusion on McStay's future.
During that time the rumour mill was in full swing, and there were reports that an anonymous questionnaire that was filled out by the players and many were very critical of the manager's set-up.
However, after a drawn out process, they finally reached a verdict, but current county star Aidan O'Shea, told Mayo Live that he wasn't pleased with the debacle that it caused.
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There’s been a lot of noise and a lot of silliness going on over the last couple of months, I don’t understand why things couldn’t be boxed off and moved forward into 2025 like every other county is doing.
“It is what it is, we are where we are, we are moving forward into a new year and we are looking forward to whoever in that squad is, we’re all looking forward to it.
“It’s funny when you’re playing club games people would be laughing at you about Mayo, and you’re not playing for Mayo any more.
"Nobody’s playing for Mayo right now. You’ve got to prove yourself out here in the club pitch to try and get picked again.
“I want to play, so hopefully my club form justifies that. I’m going to be off; I’m away for the month of January so we’ll see after that what happens.”
O'Shea is currently focused on his club Breaffy as the prepare for their club championship semi-final in the coming weeks, but the county set up is never far from the player's minds.
The flying forward broke a new record last season by making the most senior championship appearances ever at inter-county level, overtaking Tyrone legend Sean Cavanagh.
The 34 year old shows no signs of retiring though, and has made it clear that he wants to be a part of Mayo's plans in 2025.
