Keeping an eye on the future

The arguments are as familiar to us now as Croke Park, Michael Lyster and an umpire’s white coat, but the ongoing domination of Dublin’s footballers at all levels in Leinster is such that those fires will continue to be stoked as the fine weather sets in. 

The question of their residency in HQ has already come and gone in recent weeks and, while issues of population and finance clearly show the gap between the haves and have-nots, it should not be forgotten that counties have an obligation to help themselves as well.

Longford, their opponents tomorrow, are a decent example of just that.