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Mon 06 Jun 2007Tired Dublin fail to convince scepticsGAELIC GAMES/Football Qualifiers: First round draw:After the previous week's demanding replay against Meath, Leinster champions Dublin looked listless for much of yesterday's provincial semi-final against Offaly. By the end of a non-descript afternoon's football the crowd of 77,623 must have been pretty weary as well.Dublin manager Paul Caffrey accepted afterwards that the 1-12 to 0-10 win hadn't been one his team's better days.