There was a moment on Saturday night, as Dublin were slumping to a third defeat in this year’s National Football League Division 1, when Eoin reckoned he saw Jim Gavin’s mask fall. His irritation was even easier to spot in his post-match interview. He seemed pretty annoyed… so is the party over, or are Dublin playing possum?

Oisin McConville and Mike Quirke (27.10 mins) are on the show today, speaking with renewed hope of a competitive championship in 2019… and while there are limits to how real this decline is, teams are finally getting to taste victory against them, and that might be reason enough to feel a little more confident at the start of this summer.

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We also discuss Corofin’s template for attacking football, and if it can work at county level.

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Ken was out at Abbotstown again this morning (5.10 mins), to hear from Ireland’s most confident man Matt Doherty, and Shamrock Rovers’ Jack Byrne. What ballsy power-play did Jack Byrne utilise on Ken, to devastating effect?

Plus Ken predicts a Sam Maguire for each of the Five Lamps (00.30 secs), Aidan O’Shea finds his tree, Declan Kidney meets the British Army, Declan Rice raises Ken’s heckles (22.10 mins), and the FAI counter a statement from Sport Ireland on Delaney’s €100,000 loan… with yet another statement.

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