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4th September 2015
10:21am BST

Mentally, you would have to admire how Mayo's comeback was achieved. They showed real resilience and they did not go away. They eventually got beyond Dublin's momentum.
To do that against such a strong team shows incredible drive.
The longer the county goes without that elusive All-Ireland title the more the feeling will grow that this football team are on a crusade, and I really get that sense from this team.
Their playing and training standards must be very high and they are an example on how to block out external influences. I expect that will be the same this week even with all the furore over players missing and last week's game.
Mayo is a really steady ship - that was reflected in the comeback - and they have some of the best leaders you could ask for in Keith Higgins and Donie Vaughan.
Even someone like Aidan O'Shea has grown up a lot as well and that's made a huge difference.
I think maybe too much was made of the various off the ball incidents. Hurling and football are confrontational sports and the only thing that is anyway close to it at the moment, for me, is rugby.
We can over-analyse it a bit and, I think, from a spectating point of view it's not pleasant. That being said, you have to admire the physical intensity of the stuff between the teams.
The biggest issue when you're talking about physical confrontations is who is in control.
Was it players losing their control or was it players being calculating and keeping their heads in the middle of all the physical stuff to try and get someone else to lose control?
A key aspect of the replay for me will be to see whoever maintains the control of their emotions, and their aggression, are likely to be the winner.
There is bound to be a lot of focus on whether both teams will try and change their approach to the replay from their tactics the last game.
Tactics being tactics there is always room for some change but, at the same time, there is some comfort in knowing that what Dublin did for 60 minutes worked and when Mayo pushed up that worked too.
To stick or twist now is a huge decision for the managers but it will come down to how they view their players. The only thing that I can say from my experience is that players want the confidence from sticking to what they know rather than switching it up.
But are players then in too much of a comfort zone?
Just a word, finally, on Kerry and how ready the winners will be to topple the Kingdom.
Last year's drawn game has to give Mayo serious confidence even if the result ultimately went against them. That experience, which to be fair, Dublin's players really don't have, has to be a major strength.
If Mayo were to win on Saturday you'd have to think that it would be almost a certainty that you could write-off the chance of them capitulating in the final against Kerry. Again.
And for a county that has suffered so much loss to Kerry would be a major boost for them mentally.
Then you look at Dublin and if they win they would really fancy their chances of beating Kerry.
They have avoided the 'caught on the hop' scenario that did for them in 2014 and that will be a major motivation.
I think the momentum is with Mayo.
If they reflect on the game but move on, instead of letting what happened fester, which could affect Dublin's players and management, then they are in a very strong position.
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