Accept that occasionally old guys know best ...

MICK O’DWYER and Billy Morgan have mapped out quite a few game plans in their combined 93 years of intercounty football. But it’s safe to assume that neither’s finale will involve rolling over and dying.

O’Dwyer’s vivid expressions in Portlaoise on Saturday evening were matched by the quivering intensity of Morgan after Cork — his beloved Cork — stood toe to toe and bettered Kerry in Killarney yesterday.

That 61-year-old Morgan didn’t match the victory of his old adversary O’Dwyer had less to do with skill and formulae than it did human fallibility.