All four managers taking part in the All-Ireland football semi-finals this weekend will sense that this is their moment. They might play down their chances and talk about the challenges ahead but all will know that this is a real opportunity with Dublin gone and no clear front-runner left in the race. Only Dublin had the muscle memory of repeated success. Dublin was the only team you could be facing at Croke Park worried that they had the street smarts to carry them over the line. Kerry might have won the All-Ireland in 2022, but their defeat to Dublin last…

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