Bríd Stack: Dublin train thundered to glory but Kerry abandoned what had worked for them

RIVALRIES SET ASIDE: Hannah Tyrrell of Dublin and her daugher Aoife, age 7 weeks, and Kerry player Louise Galvin with her son Florian Walsh, age 16 months, after the final in Croke Park. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

We wondered beforehand if the big blue train, that had noticeably started to gather pace in their last two games, would keep rolling on.

Turned out it hadn’t even reached top speed.