Who do you think would have won if the All Ireland final was Dublin v Galway?

Dublin, no question about it.

If COC was available to the Dubs it's very likely they would have beaten Kerry. Therefore, there is no reason to suggest that they wouldn't too have relatively easily beaten Galway in a final.

Galway, dublin defensive poor all year I think Galway could have won by 4 or 5 points. Dublin played beyond themselves v Kerry and Kerry were poor on the day

Dublin would have beaten Galway, I say that as a Galway fan, as was shown in the final we just didn't have the strength in depth to finish the match. Also Dublin's experience of All Ireland final day would have played a huge part if they got to the final, remember Kerry started poorly as they were under massive pressure to win an All Ireland, Galway took advantage of that, Dublin wouldn't have been under that same pressure to win as Kerry, plus COC would likely to be fit as well.

Galway aren't at the level of Dublin just yet. People are writing off the Dubs after a couple of bad years when they didn't have much luck go their way. They're definitely declining under Dessie Farrell but they still are the best team in the country on their day imo.

What I will say is that if Galway can get somebody in charge of the woeful kickout strategy and add a few impact players instead of the likes of O'Laoi to the bench they could consistently a top 3 team for the next 5 years. Players like Glynn and Tierney will only get better too.

I thought Dublin were only missing one main player - Con O'Callaghan

Dublin imo but now having played in a final, and a season of division 1 football ahead of them, I’d fancy Galway v Dubs this coming year.

Dublin would have won it by 4/5 points IMO, Galway would have stuck with them for around 55 mins but then Kilkenny, Fenton, McCarthy et al would kicked it up a gear and drove them on to victory. Similar to their second half performance against Kerry, but against an inferior team and without the half time deficit they had in that game.

Considering Dublin have either won the final or lost a semi final every year for the past 12 seasons, I don't think this year would have been any different had they gotten to the big day.