Dubs bid to silence doubters

VERY few Gaelic football players or teams escape a tongue lashing from Joe Brolly, and Dublin were no exception three weeks ago even if they managed to slay the Meath dragon and advance towards a Leinster semi-final.

Brolly’s all-seeing eye zoomed in on shortcomings on all sides and in every area of the pitch. One clip which showed a Dublin corner-back isolated on a forward who turned and kicked a point drew particular scorn.

“If that was Tyrone,” said the man who knew how to score a goal or two during his own playing days with Derry, “you would have seen three or four defenders around that Meath forward like rats around a dead dog.”