Eight could be great for re-drawn All-Ireland

LAST month, this page was soaked in the jet of hubris thrown up by Dublin’s big Blue Wave — a strategy document that turned neatly in the ignition of old begrudgery.

This week, however, the Jacks looked up from their navels and considered the greater good. And what did we find but pockets of sense.

Of particular interest in John Costello’s mammoth report to the Dubs’ annual convention was the proposal that the All-Ireland football championship be diced into four conferences of eight counties.