It's time to deliver the title, says Moran

HE has been one of their obsessions for a while now.

Never mind that Colin Moran is still in his early twenties, that only last year he was young enough to fall at the last provincial hurdle with the U21s, he has been around. There have been a few barren years since Tommy Carr unmasked him as the bright, young thing of his revolution.

You grow up fast in a Dublin shirt. One year, it is all sweetness and roses. The next year, the barbs are flying from the Hill, you shouldn’t be on the team. Only Moran’s freshness of face gives away that he’s not a veteran. In all counties, you are one bad game away from a barrage of criticism. When you are a Dub though, the lines are more clearly defined. An intensive media spotlight ensures your fall from grace is more high-profile.