Dessie Farrell 'blue in the face' from offering Leinster revitalisation suggestions 

Meanwhile, Dublin deputy goalkeeper Evan Comerford has picked up an injury. 

Louth manager Ger Brennan, left, and Dublin manager Dessie Farrell. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Dessie Farrell said he's 'blue in the face' from suggesting how fresh life could be breathed into the ailing Leinster championship.

Farrell's Dubs claimed a 14th consecutive title at Croke Park but just 23,113 were on hand to watch. And that was with the earlier ladies provincial final between All-Ireland holders Dublin and Meath included in an attractive double bill.

Writing in the match programme notes, Leinster Council chairman Derek Kent said they will have to 'review the admission fees, the scheduling and our venues from the early rounds to the provincial finals'.

According to Kent, this year's championship 'wasn't alive and kicking with supporters as they did not have the same desire to attend our games', something he said is a clear 'red flag'.

Addressing the issue after Dublin's win, Farrell said he has no problem with taking Dublin out of Croke Park if that helps.

"Well, I'm blue in the face from talking about this one," he said. "To be honest, I'll leave it up to them, whatever. They're not listening to me, and why should they? So, whatever they decide to do, they're going to do.

"But we're happy to play away from home. I said this already and at the risk of repeating myself, the Dublin followers like to travel."

Farrell was pleased with Dublin's second-half performance and suggested the battle and narrow win over Louth will stand to them in the All-Ireland series. Dublin will compete in Group 2 with Mayo, Roscommon and Cavan.

"I thought the lads to be fair to them did a great job in the second-half in terms of going a little bit more at it and trying to figure it out and break Louth down," said Farrell. 

"Just disappointed with the two goals we conceded, probably softish from our perspective but overall happy with the win.

"We're looking to the All-Ireland series now, a step up in class coming I would have thought. You know, we're on a voyage of sorts and each step of the journey you have to be making progress and you have to be getting better. We'll see how prepared we are in two weeks' time for the first challenge."

Dublin will be without deputy goalkeeper Evan Comerford who was withdrawn from the bench and replaced by David O'Hanlon.

"Evan got what looks to be a bad knee injury last night in a club game," said Farrell. "He's going to go for a scan on Monday morning and we'll know more then. It didn't look great but anyway we'll see what Monday brings."