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During the week on one of the Second Captains GAA podcasts, former Dublin footballer and current clear-eyed pundit Paul Flynn looked across the Atlantic Ocean for an American solution to a very Irish problem.

The discussion was of course focused on that Roscommon point, their endless passing and the zen-like acceptance of Dublin to sit back and watch until a score sent the sides into the half with an extended Rossie lead.