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Published 22:00 1 Jul 2017 BST
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Under serious pressure from a hungry Derry outfit, Mayo managed to notch up just two scores from play in the first five minutes.
They missed nine pointed efforts in the first period and one goal chance and look at where some of their misses were coming from.
Against top defences like Tyrone or Donegal in their day, you'd see a dome form around the posts with only anomaly shots appearing from inside that scoring zone. But Mayo were waltzing in past Derry freely and still missing.
First half misses:
Cillian O'Connor - 4
Kevin McLoughlin - 2
Andy Moran - 2
Paddy Durcan - 1
Fergal Boland - 1
It only got worse in the second half.
Second half misses:
Cillian O'Connor - 4
Tom Parsons - 3
Lee Keegan - 2
Kevin McLoughlin - 2
Andy Moran - 2
Stephen Coen - 2
They missed 15 chances in the second period - three of which were goal chances - and they were spread across six different players, four forwards.
There seemed to be no real pattern to the attack and chances were random and not taken with a great deal of composure.
Derry were much better than anyone expected but Mayo almost shot themselves out of this game when they could've racked up a bigger score - particularly early on - and dented the opposition's belief.
You can talk all you want about 'Mayo needing a forward' but they should be taking a lot of those chances. The bright side is that it should be something that can be fixed.
The majority of these efforts were not pot shots. They should be finished off - they could be finished off by most players. Rochford would want to spend the next two weeks working on shooting under pressure.
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