Dublin legend not buying ‘bulls**t’ Kerry narrative

He is not having it one bit!

They took home the National League title, dismantling Mayo in the final, before hammering Clare to win a fifth Munster SFC in a row.

All was looking good when they were drawn in an 'easy' All-Ireland group, and they cruised through their first two games, beating Roscommon and Cork by 10 and 11 points, respectively.

But out of the nowhere, their credentials took a slight hit when Meath bagged a nine-point win, topping the group, and sending the Kingdom into the preliminary quarter-finals.

While Philly McMahon, an eight-time All-Ireland winner with Dublin, thinks that the talk around Kerry has been wholly negative, the bookies do not a agree, and they remain joint-favourites for Sam Maguire with Armagh.

McMahon believes that talk of Kerry's demise is rubbish and should not be taken seriously, using the 2009 All-Ireland as an example, where Kerry had to go through the qualifiers before going on to win the tournament.

"All the symptoms of a quick and painful death are there. The fans aren’t coming out. Half the team are injured. They can’t kick two-pointers. They lost to Meath.

"Spare us, lads.

"But the idea that they are on the green mile, dead men walking towards an All-Ireland quarter-final with Armagh is total bullshit. We’ve seen this movie before. It’s a cliche."