Dublin defender Philly McMahon insists his side don't fear All-Ireland final opponents Kerry - he's never lost to the Kingdom in the championship.
That's despite Kerry having clear superiority in the head-to-head record with the Dubs - they've won 17 of the sides' 27 championship meetings, with two draws, including eight finals compared to Dublin's four.
However, the Sky Blues have had the edge in recent times, beating the Kingdom in an epic semi-final in 2013 and the decider in 2011.
"There's not one team that we haven't beaten in an All-Ireland so no matter who it is, we have confidence going into the final - because of what we've done in training, the gameplan we have and the players that we have," McMahon told RTÉ Sport.
"I haven't lost to them. I've only played them in championship two times and fortunately enough we've been on the right side of the result.
"We're going to be confident but we know what we're up against.
"Kerry have been strong throughout the year. They were strong over the league campaign and there's no surprise that they're there on All- Ireland final day."
The Munster champions have scored a combined 7-34 in their last two games, and McMahon is well aware of the threat an attack containing multiple All-Star winners like Colm Cooper, Kieran Donaghy and James O'Donoghue poses.
"Kerry are very strong. They've got medals in their back pockets and potent forwards that we need to watch out for," said the Ballymun Kickhams club man.
"They've got maturity. They've got young lads as well that have stepped up to the plate and they've got lads that come off the bench that have experience.
"There isn't just one man we can focus on, it's all six and the two or three others that come off the bench, so it's going to be a massive challenge.
"But that's what we play football for and what we look forward to. Once we work really hard defensively we should do the job."
"When you look throughout the Dublin panel, even on the bench, we've got a really strong squad.
"It's going to be important come next week that we have all the players ready to come off the bench and give it a good bash."
Speaking to Dublin's 98fm earlier, McMahon also denied accusations that he had dived and aimed a headbutt at Mayo's Aidan O'Shea during a series of confrontation between the two in the sides' drawn semi-final.
"You just have to look at the footage and you can see that his arm hits me in the face," said McMahon. "Whether it was accidental or not I definitely didn't feign injury. I suppose it was a bit disappointing because I didn't do it."
"It's one of those things, I didn't see it until a lot of people came to me said, 'Did you see it? you were blamed for headbutting somebody' and I didn't believe it," he added
"The camera view actually looked like I did do it but I didn't and you look at the opposite side from the Cusack and you see him [O'Shea] pulling the jersey towards him.
"I was glad that nothing came of it. It was something that I didn't let get to me because if I did I probably would have had a poor game in the second game."
