Watched the Dubs yesterday against Louth in the Leinster championship and I don't think they are any closer to an All Ireland now than they have been for the last seven years.
Louth were terrible, lacking in almost every department and in fairness the Dubs put them away with a series of unanswered scores.
However, Dublin are still very much a Jeckell and Hyde team, purple patches to die for while serving up periods when you wonder how they are even in the mix.
They were very average on the first half and the period of dominance they enjoyed in the second half was triggered by a moment of madness in the Louth defence and the Wee County men were not good enough to respond after conceding a soft goal.
In fairness to the Dubs it isn't their fault the opposition was so poor but I didn't see anything new about them other than a good performance by Eamonn Fennell in midfield to suggest they have improved at all.
All of the old faults are still there, players doing the business in patches and an over reliance on Jason Sherlock to do anything clever or different.
They will once again be full of bluster but unless some of the other favourites shoot themselves in the foot they will have to settle for another semi final appearance.
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