Love bombing begins ahead of ‘dream final’

As football game plans go for underdogs, this was almost utopian.

Draw Dublin’s sting, hang in there until half-time employing what Jimmy McGuinness likes to call ‘game intelligence’ and then counter-attack with the speed of an overnight train.

“That move Colm McFadden made to lose two defenders for the third goal, you can’t coach that. That’s pure game intelligence,” McGuinness explained in a post-match auditorium that had the feel and sound of a lecture hall.