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Armagh 2-15; Dublin 1-13 So are Dublin in transition or are they in free fall under Dessie Farrell? And are Armagh in full bloom after five years o...

Jonny Cooper, James McCarthy, Mick Fitzsimons, Con O’Callaghan and Paddy Small missed the defeat to Armagh at the weekend.

Inside the goal chances Con O'Callaghan scored and created against Kerry Whether it was backdoor cuts, high deliveries or runs to the back post, the Dublin star caused havoc. By Kevin O'Brien Monday 24 May 2021, 8:12 PM May 24th 2021, 8:12 PM 5,929 Views 0 Comments Con O'Callaghan takes on Jason Foley. Image: Gary Carr/INPHO Image: Gary Carr/INPHO AFTER ALL THE talk around David Clifford after his hat-trick against Galway, he delivered anoth...

Paul Mannion is not expected to be part of Dublin's latest All-Ireland title defence in 2021. After another Dublin stalwart, Michael Darragh Macauley announced his retirement earlier on Thursday, Mannion is to sit out the forthcoming season, casting doubt over whether he will play for Dublin again. The Kilmacud Crokes man is 27 and has been one of the primary forwards in Gaelic football over the last three to four years. He was late back to training however prior to the resumption of activity last September and didn't regain his starting place on the team as new manager Dessie Farrell persist...

***** The year after Hogan retired, Kilkenny completed another All-Ireland back-to-back. It meant an 11th title as manager for Brian Cody, and his eighth alone from the previous 10. The average age of his starting team in 2015 was just over 26 - younger than the Dublin football team that completed an historic six-in-a-row last Saturday. You could have made a cogent argument, back then, that Kilkenny were set to reign on . . . yet they have failed to land another All-Ireland. What the history of the last five years has underlined is that even a manager as renowned as Cody cannot do it all alon...