Jim McGuinness suspects that Dublin's poor display on Sunday came from within rather than as a result of anything Mayo threw at them.

The Dubs were completely out of sorts in the drawn All-Ireland final and Mayo have been widely credited with knocking them out of their stride, but McGuinness reckons that Jim Gavin's charges simply failed to perform:

"My sense is that Dublin's underwhelming display is attributable to something within themselves more than what Mayo did to them. I don't think it is a coincidence that Dublin's last poor performance was in last year's All-Ireland final, even though they won then," the former Donegal boss writes in The Irish Times.

McGuinness argues that Mayo played similarily to their previous final displays but it was Dublin's performance dip that resulted in the draw.

"I'm not convinced that what happened to Dublin was down to Mayo. Yes, Mayo were competitive in the game. But they weren't bringing anything new. They were just doing what they had done before but with even more hunger."

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