Still a bit more bite in the auld dog, says Michael Darragh Macauley

Michael Darragh Macauley wasn’t wearing comparisons with the great Dublin teams of the seventies after yesterday’s win over Kerry — ‘we’re nowhere near those boys’ was his take on how the current Dublin team compare with Heffo’s Dubs.

“Look, I think everyone adds this stuff up when you’re finished playing. I’m sure there’ll be a few stats throw out about ourselves and the team from the ‘70s for the next while. But there’s still a long way to go and we’re nowhere near those boys.

“These are the sums that I’ll do when I’m wrapped up on a bar-stool when I’m about 40 and I’m trying to big myself up to some young-one or something!