Slick Dublin back in the groove

Monaghan 1-11 Dublin 1-22:  The death of Gaelic football? Hardly.

What looked all last week like a knee-jerk reaction to one dour game of football between Dublin and Derry in Croke Park was confirmed in Clones yesterday as Jim Gavin’s side put another Ulster county to the sword.

This was no classic, but it contained more than enough in the way of fluid football, beautifully kicked scores and generally positive play to put paid to any assertions that the grand old game is in need of a comprehensive tune-up.