No need for hunger games in the Gavin guide to ongoing success

Dublin footballers continue to be somewhat of a quandary for everybody outside the capital, don’t they? It’s like people are torn between really appreciating what they’re doing through their incredible domination of the competition, or utterly despising it because of the obvious advantages they have enjoyed getting there, writes Mike Quirke

The inequality of funding and resources they have over every other county in the competition, along with playing the vast majority of their games at ‘home’ in Croke Park, continues to give the perception that they are playing with a stacked deck.

More funding, population, clubs, more players… So, it’s not hard to allow yourself to feel sour about what they’ve been able to achieve of late.