For Kerry, the sweetest thing

WHEN the microphones are off and the cameras have stopped rolling, Kerry will reflect on this decade of five All-Ireland titles and eight finals and possibly conclude that yesterday was the sweetest of all.

That they’ve long-armed Cork, their oldest rivals and potential successors as football’s high kings is a factor.

But this road to September has been beset by battles and carpet-bombed with angst and aggravation. With the search for form and a formula.