Gaelic Games National Football League - Dublin v Kerry: Dublin football manager Tommy Lyons is to stand by his policy of not announcing team selections to the public until just before match throw-ins.
Team selections for the opening two league games against Tyrone and Mayo were not released until immediately before the throw-in, and it will the same for Sunday's game against Kerry - plus all Dublin matches for the remainder of the league and championship.
Lyons still informs the team of the starting line-up during the week, but decided at the start of the season not to spread word of his selection any further.
In his previous two seasons in charge he had always released a team by the Thursday before each game at the latest, which was then made widely available, including on the county website, hill16.ie.
"That's the procedure I've adopted, and I'll be sticking with it," he said of the new approach.
It means Dublin supporters will be kept guessing until the last minute about the starting line-up for Sunday's home game against Kerry at Parnell Park.
Lyons, however, made it clear that he won't be making sweeping changes, despite the 10-point blitz by Mayo last Sunday. A few players are doubtful because of injury, but in general he said he will be standing by the team that could score only three points in 70-plus minutes of football last Sunday.
"No, we won't be doing anything drastic. So don't expect any major shake-up. You don't beat the All-Ireland champions Tyrone one week and become a permanently bad team the next week."
The main injury concerns are over dual player Conal Keaney, troubled by a back injury, and midfielder Darren Homan, who has a calf strain. Homan was sent off on a second yellow card last week, but is available if passed fit. Definitely out, however, is Tom Mulligan, who has a knee injury.
The situation with Senan Connell - concussed against Tyrone the first day out - is more positive: "The medical team have been observing Senan on a daily basis. He was advised against playing last Sunday, and we'll go again with whatever the advice is for this Sunday."
The question remains though as to why Dublin slumped so badly last Sunday. It was December 1972 when Dublin last produced 0-3 in a senior football match, losing to Longford, and in the aftermath of the game in McHale Park Lyons clearly struggled to find an explanation. But he hasn't dwelt on the defeat.
"I think it's fair to say we were all very surprised at our performance," he said. "And there's no way we went down to Mayo expecting to perform like that.
"Even still I think we were better on the day than the three points we scored. But then league football in February will always throw up some funny results. On the same day you had Wexford beating Meath and that's the way league football can go at this time of the year.
"Having said that, Mayo fully deserved to win. I mean there were times when we couldn't have put the ball over the bar even if the posts were in the middle of the field. But it's not the first time that has happened to a team over the winter. And hopefully it was just something in the Mayo water."
With that he turned his attention to Kerry: "Of course Kerry and Dublin have produced some great games. We were beaten down in Killarney last year but it was a great game. And I don't think the players will have any problem getting themselves back up for this one."
The league record between the two counties reflects the close nature of those games. Kerry won the last two meetings, both played in Killarney, but Dublin won out by two points in the 1999 meeting in Parnell Park, before winning by 12 points at the same venue the year before. In the last 30 years they have met 24 times in the league, winning 11 games each, and drawing twice.
For Kerry manager Jack O'Connor, releasing team selections to the public is clearly not an issue. As has been the case for the past two weeks, his line-up was announced after training on Wednesday night. And once again there have been changes from the team that beat Cork under the floodlights of Tralee last Saturday evening.
Diarmuid Murphy retains his place between the posts at the expense of Declan O'Keeffe but Donal Daly returns to midfield after a long absence to replace the suspended Seamus Scanlon. Declan Quill is also preferred to Paul Galvin in the forward line.
With captain Dara Ó Cinneide is rested because of club duties with An Ghaeltacht on Sunday week, Liam Hassett returns to left half forward as an indirect replacement, with the St Michael's/Foilmore player Ronan O'Connor named at full forward.
KERRY (SF v Dublin): D Murphy; B Guiney, M McCarthy, A O'Mahony; S Moynihan, E Fitzmaurice, T Griffin; W Kirby, D Daly; E Brosnan, D O'Sullivan, L Hassett; D Quill, R O'Connor, M F Russell.
