Joe Brolly believes that Dublin will beat Kerry by around six points in Sunday's All-Ireland final.
"When that Dublin team press, it was absolutely scary watching them [against Monaghan] because they have five very powerful two-footed forwards who are very quick and great finishers. You put all that together..." Brolly said on Tomás Ó Sé's Comhrá Le Tomás podcast
"I would say Dublin would look at David Clifford and say they'll be a lot smarter than Derry. Chrissy McKaigue is not a corner-back, he's a converted number six. He kept letting him onto his left foot, and then panicked and fouled even though we had cover there.
"Dublin won't be like that. If I was playing against Clifford, I would simply double team him. I would have someone like Murchan playing right in front of him because the other Kerry forwards are not of that calibre.
16 July 2023; David Clifford of Kerry in action against Christopher McKaigue of Derry during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Derry and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
"The year (2019) that they beat them in the replay, they said 'OK, Clifford is going to score five points from play, but if we hold him to that, we're happy enough because we'll be able to win the game'. They press and press and press.
"If Dublin play like that, the way they played for 10 minutes against Monaghan when they pushed up on the kickout and all of a sudden, even Beggan couldn't get the kickouts off, I expect the Dubs to win by five, six, seven."
Tomás Ó Sé, a five-time All-Ireland winner with Kerry, chuckled at Brolly's prediction. "I mean that sincerely," said Brolly.
Brolly added: "Last year, with Kerry having so many more advantages than Dublin, and Dublin playing with sort of an experimental team playing very slowly and laterally...
"If Davy Byrne hadn't committed a stupid foul knowing that the best free-taker in the game was playing for Kerry and was likely to slot it over, the Dubs would probably have won that match in extra-time.
"My main concern is that Kerry don't have a companion for Clifford. Paul Geaney, I think, is over the hill. Dara Moynihan, players like that, don't get me wrong, they're good players but not at that sort of standard.
10 July 2022; David Clifford of Kerry is fouled by David Byrne of Dublin, resulting in a free for Kerry in the final minute of the game, during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Dublin and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
"The only Kerry forward [apart from David Clifford] that would get in the Dublin team is Sean O'Shea because of his mastery of free-taking."
Brolly "totally" disagreed with Ó Sé that Paudie Clifford would get in the Dublin team.
"He reminds me of Declan O'Sullivan, slows the game up, solo, solo, solo," said Brolly.
"He got absolutely nowhere against Derry, might as well have not been playing. He's a good decent footballer but I'm talking about that stellar quality."
Monaghan footballer Conor McManus, who was also on the podcast, thinks Kerry will win the final by two points while Ó Sé predicted his native county to win by four.
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