No-one in Kerry’s dropping the ball this time

It’s Kerry’s nature to be wary of pats on the back, but in terms of future-proofing the county’s football success, they’re in a good place.

The chairman of Kerry GAA was on home turf last Saturday, leaning over the railing behind the goals at the impressive Brosna pitch he did his quota of heavy lifting on.

That Tim Murphy was grimacing had less to do with his own club struggling in a Division 3 Co League game against Ballymac than it had Kerry’s loss to Roscommon in the All-Ireland U17 football semi-final a few hours earlier.