Cormac MacConnell: Great summer ahead, if your jersey is blue

I do not wish to trespass into the territory of my sporting colleagues when stating it is already crystal clear to me that Dublin will again easily win Sam Maguire in Croke Park next autumn.

I suggest it is a fact that their second string would easily account for most oppositions and the result of the All-Ireland final, barring a miracle, is already a foregone conclusion.

On this island miracles only really occur in the vicinity of Knock and, sadly, as we have seen over the decades, never for the local team.