Former Tyrone star Enda McGinley believes Dublin are still “in a difficult place” despite their rousing comeback victory over Kerry at the weekend.

Dessie Farrell’s side came from 11 points to pip the Kingdom on a 0-19 to 1-15 scoreline, marking the capital men’s first win in Tralee since 1982.

The result also saw the Leinster champions bouncing back from their second-round defeat to Donegal, however three-time All-Ireland winner McGinley still sees them as being in an awkward position given their huge turnover of players.

"They are in a difficult place, I think," the Errigal Ciaran boss said on the RTE GAA podcast. "Whenever you have such a turnover of established players...like every team has lost some older players and that's part of the natural turning of the wheel but it's the players Dublin have lost.

"Not only that but the level of expectation and the level of achievement that those new players have to somehow measure up to. I think that in Dessie, they have the right man in charge. His work with the U20s, U21s, the fact that he's well used to working with those younger players. I think the younger players will feel confident that he knows what their level is.

"Dublin are a good team, they are going to be one of the top seven, eight teams in the country. If things go right for them, they'll be there or thereabouts.

"They're coming through a province where there's a couple of teams starting to show they're making progress. Some more local provincial competition will really help them bed in. Whereas other teams get a really good test in the provincial championships, Dublin have lacked that in previous years. I think they need that test."

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