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Kerry selector James Costello: 'Jack earned his corn dealing with fragmented squad'

The Kingdom’s brains trust is ‘blue in the face’ from listening to manager, Jack O’Connor’s megaphone diplomacy on the issue of too many club football championships in the second half of the year. And the consequence of same for their inter-county roster

Kerry selector James Costello during the pre-All-Ireland Senior Final media conference at Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 - 10:58

Tony Leen

FRAGMENTED was the word Kerry coach and selector James Costello used, and it’s as good as any to describe the bus depot ins-and-outs that was Kerry’s spring and early summer lot.

The Kingdom’s brains trust is ‘blue in the face’ from listening to manager, Jack O’Connor’s megaphone diplomacy on the issue of too many club football championships in the second half of the year. And the consequence of same for their inter-county roster.

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