Dublin have lost three Footballers of the Year to retirement over the last decade and a raft of big names but Brian Fenton's decision to call it a day leaves them looking as vulnerable as they have in years.
We’ve been here before with big Dublin retirements, but this time the damage looks very real.
Fenton didn’t come along until 2015. What he had on McCarthy is that Dublin didn’t lose a Championship game for his first six years, an astonishing record that will probably never be equalled again.It’s just that when Fenton came along it was the final piece of a jigsaw that opponents could never get to grips with.
He always looked for the kick pass forward and he developed his left foot to a very high level so he could strike points and foot pass off both sides. This is the ultimate mark of a player. When the going gets tough and all that. His performance levels rarely dropped below an eight out of 10. His bad days were seven.When he first emerged as a Dublin senior, Fenton’s Twitter lag line was: “I’m the King of the House… baby.”
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