Write Dublin's misfiring forwards off at your peril - that is the warning to Mayo from Kerry great Darragh O Se ahead of the All-Ireland SFC final replay.

The likes of Bernard Brogan, Paul Flynn and Kevin McManamon will have a point to prove, he argues, when they take to the Croke Park field for the eagerly anticipated second instalment of Dublin versus Mayo on Saturday week.

Drawing on his own experience of a below-par performance against Galway in the 2000 drawn Sam Maguire Cup decider, the the six-time All-Ireland medalist writes in The Irish Times: "Nothing stings like turning up in an All-Ireland final and letting it pass you by.

"Usually, the best-case scenario is you get back the following year but the reality is most players never get back. So to have another shot a fortnight later is like getting a pardon from the prison warden just as they're strapping you into the electric chair. You'll do everything you can to make it count.

"So I'd watch out for [Bernard] Brogan, Paul Flynn, Kevin McManamon and these guys in the replay. They're getting a second bite of the cherry, whether they deserve it or not."

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