Connell: Dubs won’t click into top gear until August

Former Dublin footballer Senan Connell has warned fans not to expect champagne football against Louth.

Boss Pat Gilroy has selected his strongest possible side for their first defence of their Leinster and All-Ireland crowns. But Connell believes there’s little chance of flowing football and claims that, for Gilroy, the Leinster championship is almost an irrelevance.

He says Gilroy’s teams have always saved their best until the All-Ireland series in August and reckons they’ll do just enough to win Sunday’s Leinster quarter-final.