GER BRENNAN is ready to manage Dublin, according to Armagh legend Aaron Kernan.
The Sky Blues are on the hunt for a new boss after Dessie Farrell walked in the wake of Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final loss to Tyrone.
Farrell lifted Sam Maguire twice during his six seasons in charge.
But consecutive quarter-final losses and a Leinster semi-final defeat to Meath capped a disappointing year.
Meanwhile, Brennan led Louth to a first provincial crown since 1957 in May and Kernan reckons the St Vincent’s man is ready for the Dubs job.
The former Orchard hero said: “He would be the obvious one for me. The reality is the success he had with Louth was really just to build Ger’s CV.
“I am sure somewhere down the line that he would have loved to have a go at the Dublin job.
“It may have come a year or two sooner than what he expected but he is the obvious one.
“Maybe Declan D’Arcy, but he is more of a coach. He seemed to build a brilliant rapport with those Dublin players while he was there.
“And maybe a left-fielder in Jason Sherlock or something like that there — but he is more of a coach rather than being the main man.
“I would think Ger would be the frontrunner at this stage if he was to step away from Louth.”
Kernan is still stunned at Armagh’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final loss to Kerry.
The Kingdom raided the Orchard to KO the All-Ireland champions with a 0-32 to 1-21 victory at Croke Park.
And the foundations for the win were laid during a second-half spell which saw Kerry score 0-14 in 15 minutes.
Kernan gushed at “awesome” Kerry and admitted Kieran McGeeney’s men had no answers to the Kingdom’s press on the kickouts.
He said: “Those 15 minutes, 14 points to none. Just how much were you cleaned out on kickouts?
“You would have to give huge credit to Kerry in particular because this is the one area everyone was saying that Armagh had an advantage in.
“They were incredible, really well organised and really ruthless.
“There’s just no coming back from 14 points to no score in 15 minutes.
“That blitz from Kerry was a real statement.”
Kerry will march to Croker for their All-Ireland SFC semi–final against Tyrone on July 12 at 5pm which follows the Tailteann Cup final at 2.30.
Donegal’s last-four tie with Meath has been penned in for Sunday, July 13 at 4pm after the All-Ireland JFC decider at GAA HQ.
FIXTURES: Saturday July 12: All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final; Kerry v Tyrone, Croke Park, 5pm, Live on RTE/BBC. Tailteann Cup Final; Kildare v Limerick, Croke Park, 2.30pm, Live on RTE/BBC. Sunday July 13: All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final; Meath v Donegal, 4pm, Live on RTE/BBC. All-Ireland JFC Final; New York or Warwickshire v London or Kilkenny, Croke Park, 1.30pm, Live on TG4.
l AARON KERNAN was speaking exclusively as a Gaelic Games ambassador for BoyleSports.
