Kerry must release the handbrake

Maybe everyone jumped a couple of steps too far ahead. Within Kerry certainly and even beyond. Football needs somebody to give Dublin a game. And especially with Mayo gone early, Kerry were anointed, in most places, as this year’s contenders.

The way people were talking, the Pope landing at the end of August was the main thing holding up a Dublin-Kerry final.

It was dangerous talk and it can seep into players’ heads.