The inter-county football season has come to an end with the familiar feeling of recent years as Sam Maguire will reside in the capital till next summer at least.
Look into the West and it’s an equally familiar feeling for Mayo’s players and supporters who face going to the well for another year to try and break what has now ticked over to a 70-year hoodoo.
Yet, while the margin of defeat may have been greater than last time out three years ago, David Brady feels that his former side are well placed to build something on what was achieved this season with this being potentially a start rather than an end of an era as 2017 proved.