Dublin make everyone sit up and pay attention
That was how it was in Croke Park yesterday. And people were talking in glowing terms, not about the quality of the hurling, which was poor enough, but about the spirit, heart and commitment of Dublin.
In the third minute when Lar Corbett had the ball in the Dublin net, people were nodding knowingly to one another in the stands. Yes this was going to go the way everyone feared and a rout was on the cards.