Dublin defender Greg McEneaney says the current crop of Dubs players are striving to be their own team.

The first competitive outing of Ger Brennan’s reign as manager of the capital arrives this Saturday when they meet Ulster champions Donegal at Croke Park (5pm).

In an interview with GAA.ie ahead of the Allianz Leagues start this weekend, McEneaney said this generation of Dublin players are eager to write their own chapter and challenge for silverware.

“I think if we play to our potential, we can do whatever we want to do,” said the Skerries Harps clubman. “If we want to win an All-Ireland final, we can do that if we want. So, yeah, I think that's probably the ceiling.

“I suppose we're probably saying to ourselves, why not us? They're obviously a golden generation and we look up to them very much, but now this generation is thinking, ‘Why not us? Why can't we be like those guys who've gone before us?’ That five-in-a-row team, six-in-a-row team, why can't we be like them?

“So I think that's the main focus of the group or I suppose thoughts in the group is, ‘Why not us?’

“Obviously the last two years have been very disappointing for us, so we're striving to be our own team and win by ourselves. Not really be like the Dublin team in the past, they've done it, so we're going to be easily able to do it. That's not our thoughts whatsoever.

“It's more so, we're a team now, teams have obviously gotten better, and we're striving to be our own team and win our own All-Irelands.”

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