Tyrone the tip

PEOPLE are coming up with all sorts of ideas to support the argument that Kerry have the bigger incentive to win tomorrow's All-Ireland football championship final.

There is "baggage" there from the 2003 meeting of the counties in the semi-final but it's not as if this will make them any more highly motivated. And, talk that Kerry need to beat a northern team to prove that they are worthy champions is amusing for a county with such an enviable record of achievement in the championship.

You can forget about the line that's often trotted out, that it will be down to whoever team "wants it the most", as if to suggest that any team would ever be half-hearted about their intentions. Okay, there are issues on the side, but at the end of the day it's no different from any final. A lot of pride is at stake, not to mention the richest prize in Gaelic football.