Dublin hammer home dominance of top four against Monaghan

Dublin 1-19 - Monaghan 0-12: Where do we go from here? The second championship meeting between Division 1 teams that ends in a landslide, a third All-Ireland quarter-final where the level of competition was questionable.

After Tyrone hosed Donegal by nine points in their June semi-final, this latest mismatch between teams who will also trade in the top flight of the league should raise an alarm about the polarisation about Gaelic football.

In fairness to the GAA, it wasn’t they who coined the phrase “Super 8” but on the basis of Saturday’s quarter-finals and Kerry’s win over Galway the previous weekend there is nothing special about the teams as a collective making the All-Ireland series.