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Fogarty Forum: Kerry burnout blues were coming

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Fogarty Forum: Kerry burnout blues were coming

Kerry's Paudie Clifford and Tom O'Sullivan. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The news delivered in these pages last week that the Kerry senior footballers were hoping to be overlooked by their clubs for the divisional championships wouldn’t have come as any surprise to Peter Keane.

Citing burnout, the players had notified the county board executive, who are not stopping any club from fielding players, that they need to take a break. The likes of the Cliffords have spoken most favourably of the split season but even they, it seems, are reaching critical mass.

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