The scary bit is that the champs are far from finished

A tale of two prophecies to begin with. The evening after Jim Gavin’s ratification as Dublin manager in October 2012, I went to Banna beach for a stroll with my wife Tina.

I was in the Kerry job two months at that stage and the planning for the 2013 season was well underway. We both refer to it to this day as the evening I said to her I expected Dublin and Jim Gavin to be our biggest problem over the next couple of seasons. That is one prediction I’d have been delighted to have got wrong.