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3rd September 2018
03:48pm BST

Fenton never lost the head but he was seen at one stage beckoning the linesman to act on the rough treatment he was receiving early on. The linesman didn't act, Fenton realised he had to do it all himself.
And that he did, like he always does. The greatest engine in the engine room stretched his long legs, let back his shoulders and strode up the field bringing the Dublin lads along with him when it really mattered.
Just when Tyrone were gathering a head of steam, that man went down the other end of the field to calmly slot a point, to calmly stem the flow of the Red tide.
He took the Tyrone antics on the chin, he composed himself and he took off.
Effortless and graceful, the man who seemingly never gets tired puts distance between himself and finely conditioned opponents like they haven't trained in two months.
His 51st minute point, a brilliant example of that.
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Again imperious when it mattered the most, the whole of Dublin relaxes whenever their long, loping number 8 takes the ball under his wing. He never makes a rushed choice, always has time on the ball and makes this game look easy.
That's what he's been doing all year, for three, four years now since his breakthrough back in 2015 and Ciaran Whelan paid a fitting tribute to one of the game's great midfielders on The Sunday Game.
"Dublin's madra mór in the middle of the park. 1-11 in the championship from play, brilliant all year."Madra mór translates to the big dog and that's exactly what Fenton is in this Dublin team. He's the orchestrator, he's the one who makes them tick, he's the one who breaks other team's hearts. Let's not forget, this is a four-time All-Ireland winner we're talking about who has never lost a championship game with Dublin. And by right, he'd be in with a big shout for Footballer of the Year again.
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