Bernard believes top form will return

Nine days out from an All-Ireland semi-final, Bernard Brogan is exhibiting no crisis of confidence despite there being reason to be doubtful of his form.

The spluttering Dublin attack have come in for stinging scrutiny this past while. Brogan has been substituted twice in the last three games while his fellow forward Diarmuid Connolly, sent off against Wexford earlier in the summer, has been described as “mentally weak” by Kerry’s Darragh Ó Sé.

The 2010 Footballer of the Year acknowledges his early exits against Wexford and Laois may have impacted on him in the past but not now.