Kieran Shannon: Kerry and Dublin make way for Gaelic football’s great Disruptors

Instead of the Consensus All-Ireland we have the All-Disrupters All-Ireland, featuring the most frequent Disrupters of them all in Mayo and the original Disrupters of them all in Tyrone

SHOT DISRUPTED: Kerry’s Killian Spillane has his shot on goal blocked by Tyrone’s Peter Harte during the All-Ireland SFC semi-final clash at Croke Park. Picture: Daire Brennan

Forget about if or when Kerry will ever learn. When will the rest of us?

At the outset of every football championship season, we seem to form what could be called a Consensus All-Ireland pairing — and forget that, inevitably, a group of Disrupters will come along and spoil that party.