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Published 09:24 28 Jun 2018 BST
Updated 10:34 28 Jun 2018 BST
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On the back of three successive All-Irelands and in hot pursuit of a forth, the Brian Fentons and the Cian O'Sullivans are only crying out for another challenge. That's just the nature of the competitive beast and while playing Donegal in Clones would undoubtedly be more difficult than playing them in Croke Park, don't for a second think these Dublin players will be quaking in their boots about a trip up or down the country.
The thing about all of this is that the Dublin players or management never engage in these kinds of arguments. They always brush them off with a shrug of the shoulders because really, they don't give a damn and why would they?
The only ones who do take so much pride in arguments like these are a certain bunch of supporters who feel obliged to snipe back on the players' behalves.
It only takes a small amount of being blinkered and aloof to create a bad name and when a man of the status of Alan Brogan has his head in the clouds, it doesn't really do the rest of Dublin any favours.
For some reason, Alan feels that Dublin should be immune to the rules that every other county has to follow. These rules are "nonsense talk," he says.
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And attitudes like this one feed the detractors and encourage them that Dublin actually do have a weak point and that's what drives them on to keep digging because they know there's a strong chance they'll find what they've been looking for now.
Dublin's home ground is Croke Park. Ever since their home League games were moved from Parnell to Croker in 2011, that has been the case.
Okay, they mightn't train in Croke Park but just as they train in DCU or in other grounds around the county, Tyrone train in Garvaghey, Kildare train in Hawkfield and Tipperary train in Dr Morris Park.
You're only kidding yourself if you think the regularity with which Dublin play in Croker, coupled with the voice of the home crowd isn't enough to make these lads feel at home there on game day.
And surely to God we don't even need to get into the value of home advantage now after the week we're after having with Newbridge or Nowhere.
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