Darragh Ó Sé: Galway won’t be down after Dubs defeat - now is the time to get battle-hardened
Kerry aren’t getting anything like the tests that the other contenders have faced so far and it could catch them in the end
Darragh Ó Sé: Fatigue could separate football’s contenders from pretenders - and that’s bad news for Kerry and Donegal
Ulster final showed that exhaustion is a huge factor under new rules
Darragh Ó Sé: Donegal and Armagh won’t come up short like Mayo did in their use of the new rules
The two-point arc has been a game changer, with the best teams making hay while others struggle
Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin aren’t dead in the water - a return to Croke Park will make them a huge threat
The new game is all about getting comfortable in chaos and if Dessie Farrell can get everyone fit, the Dubs will have a big say
Darragh Ó Sé: Cork should have beaten Kerry - what they do next is crucial
The weekend’s action showed the merit of the new rules - let’s work with them
Darragh Ó Sé: Cork aren’t good enough to challenge Kerry and they don’t even seem angry about it
I loved how Shane Lowry got annoyed at being asked about Rory McIlroy – that’s exactly how Cork should be thinking about Kerry
Darragh Ó Sé: Páidí told me that however much of a cowboy he was, Micko was 10 times worse
Micko was a unique character who knew how to be public property without giving too much of himself away
Darragh Ó Sé: Jim Gavin did a great sales pitch but referees set to be under pressure to make new rules work
What the FRC needed was for teams to misbehave — the rules will be properly tested only when used in competitive games
Darragh Ó Sé on the Galway football team: The 15 men bidding for All-Ireland glory
Galway named an unchanged side for the final against Armagh
Darragh Ó Sé: Galway will not win by much, but they will get over the line against Armagh
The experience of losing a final in 2022 means Pádraic Joyce’s team know all about the regrets of leaving an All-Ireland behind
Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry’s style of play saps their energy. No wonder they looked gassed in extra-time
Jack O’Connor has a lot to ponder over the winter - short kick-outs take too much out of the players and he has to get better at bringing youth through
Darragh Ó Sé: No team is thinking about bonus territory but I still think it will be a Kerry v Galway final
It’s hard to remember a time when the semi-final teams were managed by such big characters as these four
Darragh Ó Sé: No need to cry a river for the departing Dubs - realistically, they won’t fall too far
Darragh Ó Sé: With Dublin gone from the championship, there’s an All-Ireland sitting there waiting for the four teams left to reach out and grab it
Darragh Ó Sé: Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was interested in everyone and had no ego
I got to know him first in the early 1990s when he was still training country players who were working in Dublin - he never had a bad word to say about anyone
Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo exposed some of Dublin’s flaws but the champions will be better in Croke Park
Dessie Farrell’s team aren’t as far ahead of the pack as people assumed, but they will improve and it’s up to everybody else to keep up