Joe Brolly: 2024 is Dublin's All-Ireland again – every other county is ...

The bad news for the rest of us is that the conservatism that threatened to bring an end to Dublin’s dynasty has been replaced with the adventure that created it in the first place. “Balls-out football,” as Pat Gilroy calls it.

I predicted they would beat Kerry by seven points in last year’s All-Ireland final. But then they did what they have always done against Kerry. In their heads, they imagined they were playing the Kerry golden years crew and almost screwed it up.