Mike Quirke: Only the boo-boys lack class for Dublin

You could feel it building around Kerry all last week. A sort of guarded sense of hope. Nothing cocky - how could you be against your chief tormentors of recent years? But the optimism of a solid league campaign had started to seep its way into Kerry’s consciousness.

Basic logic would suggest Dublin had to be a weaker group than last September. They were now without their All-Star full back Rory O’Carroll, last year’s footballer of the year Jack McCaffrey and impact sub extraordinaire Alan Brogan…

You can’t just replace those guys without a few stumbles, right?