Replying To slayer:  "I think some of the comments about the Munster championship are a bit harsh on Kerry. Between 04-10 Kerry reached 6 finals, winning 4 and the feedback was that those all Ireland titles were handy because it was Mayo and Cork in the final. In 05 and 08 it was said that Kerry couldn't beat Tyrone and after 2010 that they couldn't beat Northern teams. Yet in 2025 they beat 4 en route to Sam and the question is then about the Munster championship being poor.

Same with Dublin and their 6 in a row. Leinster was perceived as poor etc.

The truth is that both Kerry and Dublin have repeatedly found ways to win all Ireland titles with special teams. If we are to be really honest about the provincial championships, isn't Ulster the only one that genuinely has competitors who can all beat each other on a championship day? Some of the all Ireland titles won by the Ulster sides have been full of tremendous battles from the first game of the championship. From my earliest memories the Ulster football championship has been like that and once Down made the breakthrough in 1991 Ulster sides have become skilled at regularly winning all Ireland titles.

As for back to back titles I think that is a huge achievement in itself. To get a group of players back up to same level they'd been at is an impressive achievement in the modern game. Football and hurling are so competitive among the top 8 in each, it is difficult to see teams do back to back."