John Fogarty: Imagining a Dublin-Kerry war of words

RESPECT: Jack O'Connor and Dessie Farrell. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Along with Galway, Dublin and Kerry managements’ decisions not to organise media events brings to five of the eight All-Ireland senior semi-finalists who prefer silence over soundbites ahead of their respective games.

Unlike Marshawn Lynch, there is no obligation on them to speak to the press and it’s not as if Croke Park are going to put any pressure on Dublin and Kerry to do so when the game sells itself. Although, you will do well to avoid the trite elements of the build-up this pairing often spawns.