Alan Brogan believes Donegal's chances of beating Dublin in tomorrow's Super 8 clash at Croke Park have been greatly diminished by Paddy McBrearty's cruciate ligament injury.

"I'd expect to see Donegal continue their development under Declan Bonner," the former Dublin star wrote in his Irish Independent column.

"But I think the chance of Donegal causing another shock (like they did in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final) is severely dented with Paddy McBrearty's cruciate injury.

"He's simply irreplaceable, although Michael Murphy is bound to play at least some of the game at full-forward given the joy Donie Kingston had there at times in the Leinster final.

"Their quick ball carriers are now Donegal's best weapon but without the outlet of McBrearty, they're a little more predictable."

You can follow all of this weekend's action from the All-Ireland SFC Super 8s and All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals on the hoganstand.com live match tracker.

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