Tomás Ó Sé expects Dublin to answer their critics with a convincing win over Kildare on Sunday.

The six-in-a-row All-Ireland champions looked a pale shadow of their former selves in the second half of their Leinster SFC semi-final win over Meath, but  Ó Sé believes they haven't become a bad team overnight and will be eager to prove that in the provincial final.

"I think we will see Dublin going back to basics, and the basics are a game that is based on a savage workrate and relentlessness that was not to be seen in that second half versus Meath," the Kerry legend said on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland programme.

"They still have the spine, Brian Howard, James McCarthy, Brian Fenton, Con O'Callaghan, Ciaran Kilkenny, Dean Rock. They only conceded 1-12 to Meath, so the panic button is not going to be pushed just yet.

"I have no doubt Dublin will answer all the questions they are being asked right now. I think they will beat Kildare, that’s not being disrespecttful to Kildare.

"Kildare will come and play, but the problem I have with Kildare is they don’t get the ball in quick enough to the danger men of Jimmy Hyland and Daniel Flynn especially. They can cause trouble, they were the difference against Westmeath, but Westmeath missed so many scores that day, it was Flynn's goals and part in goals that was the difference.

"I think they need more goals to be honest. I expect a stronger Dublin with a point to prove to quell all this talk."

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