The financial doping and home advantage questions are ones that won't go away in relation to Dublin's drive for five.
With every win comes criticism, particularly on social media, of the advantages the Dubs have at their disposal.
"I'm useless at it," said Michael Darragh Macauley, when prompted to address the issue.
"No, it makes no odds to me. No. I just don't engage with it.
"I just play football. That's the buzz."
Asked if could see why people are frustrated, the Blues midfielder replied: "I'm actually not that well up on balance sheets and what's going on, I really don't have a clue.
"From a Dublin point of view, I know we've had our house in order for a while and lads are coming through from underage.
"It's come together in a good storm at the moment.
"There's a lot of pieces of the puzzle that have come together.
"But it won't last forever. This Dublin team won't last forever.
"Yeah, so we'll just have to see what happens over the next while".
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