Eight Gaelic football championship observations: Who are the leading All-Star contenders right now?

From Kerry's kickout collapse to Caulfield the creator, Maurice Brosnan goes through what he noticed from the latest round in the football championship.

ALL STAR?: David Clifford celebrates after scoring a point for Kerry. Pic: Tom Beary/Sportsfile

Uncertainty is an obligation. Before anything else, we can’t know how it will end. Gaelic football’s boom had to begin with a step into the unknown.

The textbook hit by James Guinness on Dessie Ward sent him sprawling. Conor McCarthy managed to salvage the break, race in along the endline and clip a shot with his right boot.