Much of the discourse around last Sunday’s final has left me cold, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

The first 10 minutes of Monaghan’s fourth round Qualifier win over Down last Saturday probably tells us much of what we need to know about their approach to this evening’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Dublin, says Dara Ó Cinnéide.

Whatever happens tomorrow, McStay will be among a select few managers that can look back on Championship 2017 satisfied that he was right and almost everybody else was wrong, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

Ulster SFC semi-final: Tyrone v Donegal, 2pm ... It might not be pretty, but I expect Tyrone to move on from last spring, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

Colm Cooper’s audacity, fearlessness, and selflessness all combined to make his a genius that could be appreciated on many levels, according to Dara Ó Cinnéide

We really should start off today with a homage to Dublin but that can come later. Whatever it is about the GAA mindset, we have a fixation with the macabre, with where it all went wrong.

I’m tired of hearing that Mayo are going to have to do something different to win an All-Ireland, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

Ésprit de Corps is a term I have heard Jim Gavin use more than once in relation to this Dublin team.

We know Kerry are hurting. We know it’s going to take a hell of a team and a strong bench to beat them. We also know that team is Dublin, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

Now that Tipperary have assured themselves that they are good enough to breathe the same air and contest the same ball as their opponents tomorrow, we need to see more signs that they are truly worthy of inhabiting the same world into the future.