Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin should have to play by the rules like anyone else via IrishTimesSport
I do still think Dublin have plenty more in the tank. Still I was delighted to see Kildare put it up to them, and they’re certainly too good a team to have been playing in the Tailteann Cup.Glenn Ryan was also making the old point again of the Dublin advantage of playing in Croke Park, starting off with their familiarity, always getting preference for the dressingroom, all of that. You can’t really blame Dublin for it, but it is something that needs to be looked at.
Offaly miss out, but again they played some great football as well, and it’s certainly worth recognising the level of skill and scores in their game against Louth on Sunday, an outstanding game, two teams playing all out. That and the Monaghan-Tyrone game were probably the best championship games we’ve had so far, players from both teams completely emptying the tank.
Louth manager Mickey Harte deserves great credit for the job he's doing. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho Of course all the sound money is on Kerry, and you’d expect them to win by north of eight points, something like that. That’s not saying any of the Clare players don’t believe they can win, because Collins will have that instilled in them. They gave Dublin a bellyful in Croke Park already this year, and his longevity is remarkable.
It’s easy to play good poker when you’re producing decent cards. The top teams will always have the game-changing players, and some of those don’t need any coaching at all. I was lucky to play with or against some of those generational players, Maurice Fitzgerald and Séamus Moynihan, Pádraig Joyce in Galway, Peter Canavan in Tyrone.
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