"It is fine to make mistakes, but it is crucial to learn from them and most importantly not keep making the same ones"

With success comes the questions: 'Why am I not starting? Why is he getting game time ahead of me? I’m working harder than everyone else here. They don’t rate me at all'

If anyone was asked to pick an All-Star team at the start of the season I would hazard a guess none of the All-Ireland winners’ recipients would have been on the radar

The Cork star answered the call when the need was greatest and his efforts ensured that St Finbarr's were crowned county champions.

Regardless of which spectrum I viewed it through, I felt Proposal B had way more positives than negatives.

The age profile of their squad would suggest they are at the start of something rather than at the end and they will grow further for this win

As I watched back TV coverage of the Kerry and Tyrone semi-final, the camera panned to Mayo’s James Horan and Ciarán McDonald quietly conferring in the Hogan Stand. It took me back to 2014.

Any conspiracy theories around the Covid situation are completely irrelevant and of no interest to me. Kerry would have prepared for the best version of Tyrone and that is certainly what they got

Based on their early season form Kerry were installed as All-Ireland favourites, even when Dublin were still alive in the championship. I am sure the management have kept things on an even keel and the players are well aware of the pitfalls, but this idle talk can be fatal

Dublin’s conditioning has been one of their greatest strengths but they were out on their feet early Saturday. They longed for a period of possession to take the sting out of the match but Mayo, to their immense credit, wouldn’t allow it.