The general consensus was that Sunday's All Ireland football final was not the easiest on the eye. But it still left plenty of talking points.
In the wake of Kerry's 37th All Ireland title, former Dublin footballer Jason Sherlock joined our own Joe and Colm 'Wooly' Parkinson in studio, while ex-Kerry forward Dara O'Cinneide chipped in with his analysis on the line.
Manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has been praised for lifting the Kingdom onto its pedestal again, just months after struggles in the league.
O'Cinneide believes the fate shown in the young players and the space and light given for them to grow helped.
"The expectations were slightly lower in Kerry than they had been in previous regimes and they were given a bit of oxygen to breathe," said the three-time All Ireland winner.
He also thinks that criticisms of Kerry's style and the quality of the final is unwarranted.
"It's kind of offensive in a way to Kerry," said O'Cinneide. "When they look at it in the cold light of day and see the negative reaction the game, part of them will be saying that they did what they had to do, and part of them them will say that ' I thought you were giving out to us when we weren't doing that.'"
Sherlock felt the match "hung on one moment" and feels Donegal goalkeeper Paul Durcan "lives on the edge" with his kickouts.
Donegal's goalkeeper Paul Durcan and Eamonn McGee with Kieran Donaghy of Kerry ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
But he was also impressed with Kieran Donaghy's maturity which he felt was summed up in one moment.
"I would have felt that Kieran got overboard on the emotional side of it and the physical stakes [in the 2011 final]. He went in with an agenda with O'Carroll that day and I don't think he helped himself that day. It was interesting when they went to shake hands yesterday, he went into the umpires, expecting a big collision with McGee and he went to give him a high five and I think it took McGee aback a bit. He didn't know what to do and I think that maturity, he understood that he got carried away," he said.
Sherlock also discussed what the future now holds for Donegal and Kerry over the next 12 to 24 months.
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