Who is the 'next man up' to lead the Dublin footballers?

Two years is a long stint in football and after all the wild and wonderful times we have endured on recent trips around the sun, it feels like an act of folly to try predict the lay of this or any other land when we head into the winter of 2025.

But let's do it anyway.

After winning this year’s All-Ireland title, Dublin manager Dessie Farrell had his contract extended by an extra season to take him up to the end of the 2025 campaign.

Farrell has been in the hotseat since the start of the Covid-interrupted 2020 season and has won two All-Irelands in his four years in charge.

Despite being reigning champions, Dublin are currently second favourites behind Kerry for the 2024 All-Ireland SFC title. Should Farrell see out his full term, he will have been in charge for six seasons, just one less than his predecessor, Jim Gavin. Before Gavin, Pat Gilroy held the job for four seasons, delivering one long overdue All-Ireland title in 2011.

On the assumption that Na Fianna man Farrell takes his leave from one of the most labour-intensive gigs in the game when his current contract ends. And bearing in mind that the men from the capital don't tend to look outside the county for a boss. We have had a quick scout around at the contenders who might be in the running to take Farrell’s place in two years’ time.

Mick Bohan

The Clontarf man has transformed Dublin ladies from perennial bridesmaids to one of the most dominant teams in any code in the country. Under Bohan’s stewardship, the Jackies have won five All-Ireland titles in seven seasons which, save for a fortuitous Meath goal in the 2021 decider, could just as easily have been six from seven.

Having lost three straight All-Ireland finals to Cork, Dublin won four in a row from Bohan’s