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Published 17:40 1 Sept 2018 BST
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They don't often come as effortless and as gorgeous as the Errigal man does and what he can with a football weakens knees, there are no two ways about it.
He's just one of five men who make the cut in a combined Dublin and Tyrone team.
This Red Hand outfit is a serious operation and they're going to show that on September 2 in Croke Park when they plan the ambush to end all ambushes.
Rather than go through the reasons why each Dublin player makes the side because, let's face it, we don't need to get into why the Dubs are there, here's a case for each of the Ulster men making this dream 15.
Tiernan McCann
You just couldn't leave him out.
He's far too athletic, he's far too tough and he's far too lethal an attacking threat to overlook. His presence means a rejig in the defence. It means a more gung-ho formation but dropping O'Sullivan back as a sweeper and omitting a corner back is the best way.
Of the six defenders chosen, none of them could be left out.
Colm Cavanagh
The perfect defensive midfielder to compliment the perfect attacking midfielder.
Colm Cavanagh and Brian Fenton would be a match made in heaven with every attribute a manager could want in his engine room.
Peter Harte
This is not open for discussion.
Mattie Donnelly
What he is doing around the middle third for Tyrone is frightening.
His impact is felt way beyond his incredible stats. He's like the first platform that Tyrone use to get out of defence. He somehow becomes the second wave of attack too because he joins in again with such ferocious relentlessness.
In 2017, we put together a combined team going into that semi-final dismantling. Five Tyrone men made it.
Now, Sean Cavanagh is gone. Diarmuid Connolly is gone. And Brian Howard and Con O'Callaghan are Brian Howard and Con O'Callaghan.
Niall Sludden can feel hard done by that he didn't make the cut. So can Paul Mannion too.
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