Testing a man’s pulse isn’t cynical...

The beauty of Sunday’s Kerry-Mayo All-Ireland semi-final is the fact that neither side now fears the other. Hang onto your hats.

In the way that scoring a goal at Croke Park in August or September is worth more than three points, so too is the concession of one. Or two.

Mayo have never been the best at minding their back door at this stage of the football championship. It’s frequently been their undoing, even if it has occasionally been down to plain bad luck like last September.