Our enjoyment doesn’t come into the equation...

Regardless of the final, 2018 will not go down as a vintage year for football, writes Paddy Kelly.

Our enjoyment doesn’t come into the equation...

In fact, if the All-Ireland final produces the drab affair we are fearing, the football championship will go down as one of the most pedestrian and least enjoyable in living memory.

Not that Mickey Harte or Jim Gavin will care one iota. Both managers will do whatever it takes to get over the line. For Jim Gavin, it’s all about the process and the next step in a bid for four-in-a-row.

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