Jimmy Keaveney: Dublin should play own game

It’s the thought occupying most Dublin fans’ minds right now, though county great Jimmy Keaveney believes too much is being made of how the Dubs’ will cope with Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea.

Three-time All-Ireland medallist Keaveney, inducted yesterday into the GAA museum’s Hall of Fame, wasn’t denying that in-form full-forward O’Shea has the potential to wreck Dublin’s All-Ireland semi-final challenge.

But he baulked at the suggestions made by some commentators that manager Jim Gavin should rip up the script and go against all his instincts and install a sweeper or double-mark the powerhouse attacker.