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Sat 06 Jun 2007Carrying the can for Dublin failuresLeinster SFC Quarter-final replay: Tom Humphriessuggests that Dublin free-takers, more so than other counties, take much of the blame for any defeat.If you were Mossy Quinn you would feel entitled to a little bemusement. The day Dublin won the Leinster title in 2005 he played one of his more ordinary games in the sky blue jersey of Dublin but in the final minutes was called upon to kick two dead balls, a free from 43 metres and a 45. Mossy slotted both. Dublin won by a point. Nobody noticed the prosaic nature of his contribution from play. The boy had done well.