Dublin have held the upper hand on their arch rivals Kerry in recent times but Jim Gavin doesn't subscribe to the theory that his team are clear favourites.

The Metropolitans have come out on top in the last three championship clashes between the two counties while they also cruised to Division 1 success earlier this year at the Kingdom's expense.

"They know and we know there's literally a bounce of the ball between us," Gavin remarked to The Irish Independent.

"Some of the scorelines would reflect otherwise but that's the harsh reality of it. When you look at the strength in depth that they have in the squad now, they have grown this year.

"There's multiple All-Ireland winners in that squad and we are nowhere near that in this Dublin football team.

"Tadhg Morley and Brian Begley have come into the side, they look very composed. They still have their marquee forwards and outstanding players coming off the bench; Barry John Keane, (Johnny) Buckley. . . we could go on.

"James O'Donoghue is back, Colm Cooper will probably be back as well and Paul Geaney is back to great form. Darran O'Sullivan is injury-free and looks very fluid. Donnchadh Walsh is back to his best. . . I could go on and on about the quality of this Kerry side.

"So it's going to be a really tough game and a big challenge."

 

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