Clarke: Dublin settled and ready to progress

THE retention of the same 15 players who started in the Leinster final doesn’t just reflect the satisfaction of the team management with the display in that game.

On the wider front, it can be viewed as a positive indicator of how the Dublin football management view the current status of their team and their state of readiness ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final.

According to selector and former star Paul Clarke, they’re “happy with all the things they are in control of” going into Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final with Derry in Croke Park.