Dessie Farrell’s Dublin senior football team has suffered four successive defeats to Armagh, Kerry, Mayo and Kildare. Illustration: Peter Hanan
It's easy to forget it now, but at around 6.40pm on Saturday, August 14 — a little more than six months ago — Dublin seemed to be comfortably on course for their seventh Sam Maguire in a row. They were six points up against Mayo at half-time and cruising. The transition from the all-conquering manager Jim Gavin to his replacement Dessie Farrell seemed to have been a titanic success.€-EUR