‘I could be watching every Premier League match and drinking pints in the pub’ – Ger Brennan on why he chose Louth job

Former Dubs star is up for the challenge ahead and can visualise what most see as impossible: ‘Maybe this is Louth’s time to end Dublin’s dominance of Leinster’

Ger Brennan felt right in his gut when the chance came to become Louth manager. Picture: Sportsfile

Frank Roche

A blur of red tangled up in blue. That’s one solution for the Brennan household as they figure out allegiances for Sunday’s Leinster Senior Football Championship final.

For a Dub to manage against his own is not unique, albeit relatively rare. To lead your adopted county into Leinster final battle with your (once) beloved Blues? Now that’s a different story. A unique one, too – at least in modern times.