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20th May 2021
05:18pm BST

"I think they'll get great confidence from it. Despite the amount of scorers and goals they put away against Galway at the weekend, they will still have doubts in the back of their head that they're not good enough to beat Dublin."
Brennan confessed that his own Dublin side had to go through a similar battle with roles reversed, as it once seemed like the men in blue would never get one over The Kingdom side, no matter how well they were performing against different oppositions.
"Until we beat Kerry in the National League down at the Fitzgerald Stadium in 2009 or 2010, that confidence then transfers into the championship," Brennan continued.
"Yes, there'll be a few different personnel there, but generally speaking it's the same team, and if we can beat them down there, then we can beat them in Croke Park."The Kerry players will absolutely have doubts in the back of their heads that they will take into the field at the weekend. Psychologically, Dublin will probably have a four or five [point] lead and for me, if Kerry are to win, they're going to have to win by four or five to get over the line." Kerry were in flying form against the dismantled Galway last weekend, while Dublin looked comfortable against Roscommon, but unlike Kerry, the Dubs chose to hold back a few of their star players. "It depends what team Dessie puts out as well," said Brennan. "They were after blooding a couple of guys. Kerry went out with a fairly strong team last weekend and played some lovely football, but the championship 15 isn't the 15 that played against Roscommon. "It will be interesting to see what Dessie and the lads do and whether they go with their strongest team for that psychological battle, that might come later on in the championship." Listen to the full discussion on The GAA Hour now
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