It’s as if this year, the 24-hour channels have effectively turned into around-the-clock tribute-obituary shows.

If you want to play to the galleries at this time of the year, then get out the violin and play a lament for the club. 

Kieran Shannon talks about the in-house game a week out from a championship match, commonly known as As versus Bs.

It would seem that if you were to come up with a two-year plan to win the national league, then get relegated in year one.

To get an idea of just how driven and focused Jim Gavin’s Dublin are to put back-to-back All Ireland titles together, cast your mind back to the first rather than the last game of this year’s national league.

There’s hardly another GAA weekend like it for stirring so many permutations and palpitations... and exaggerations.