Plenty to do as Kingdom stumble on

Cavan 0-09 Kerry 0-15

Not by their standards, certainly, and this was an offering that paled even further when compared to the efforts either side of this All-Ireland quarter-final with Dublin burnishing their reputation against Cork and Mayo burning Donegal’s.

The week leading up to the last eight extravaganza had seen a succession of pundits tip their hats towards the Kingdom as likely champions. It was hard then to see why and even more difficult now with the added benefit of hindsight.