Colm Keys: The decorated Dublin players coming under pressure to retain their places in Ger Brennan’s squad

Dublin manager Ger Brennan before the loss to Mayo in Castlebar. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Teams don’t always get the immediate ‘bounce’ anticipated from the arrival of a new manager.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice routinely recalls 2013 when Kerry lost the first four Division 1 league games of his stewardship, only scoring an average of a little under eight points per game against Mayo, Dublin, Kildare and Donegal before turning the ship around in the final three games.