Macauley relishing Dublin role

“We’re all good footballers,” is a line a Dublin player would be reluctant to utter in bygone seasons for fear of being interpreted as big-headed.

Not any more. Not when the walk has been walked. Michael Darragh Macauley has no problem in saying the phrase. Were it not true, the expansive game-plan Jim Gavin has would not work.

A Division 1 title isn’t sufficient proof that it is operating but it’s an indication Dublin are relating to what the manager is preaching.