Fit Ó Sé is vital to Kerry hopes, claims Jacko

KERRY could pay a heavy price if Darragh Ó Sé is not match fit for next Monday’s Bank of Ireland football championship quarter-final in Croke Park (3.45).

Jack O'Shea, rated alongside the legendary Mick O'Connell as one of the Kingdom's most outstanding exponents of midfield play, readily agrees that the Gaeltacht star is crucial to their prospects of advancing.

And, without him it's not inconceivable they could struggle to beat a Roscommon team which will have gained in confidence from their extra-time win over Leinster runners-up Kildare at the weekend in the last of the qualifier rounds.