Sexton: Kerry unstoppable
“All credit to Kerry. They were unstoppable on the day and once they got ahead of us we were powerless to deny them,” said the Kilbrittain man. “I’m at a complete loss as to where it all went wrong for us. We came up with great expectations, but left ourselves down badly. We’ll have to take a step back and see where it all went wrong. I felt we got a fair enough start, but once Kerry began to motor we seemed to just fold and allow them to do as they wished.”
Referring to the dominance of Colm Cooper in the Kerry attack, Sexton said, “To be fair the supply of ball that came into him was excellent and we have to take responsibility for allowing that to happen. It should have been cut out further out the field. There wasn’t sufficient pressure put on Kerry outfield and it’s very hard to defend against the constant flow of ball that came into our defence. You could say we had problems in a couple of departments. “To be fair to Kerry, today they looked the team of All-Ireland champions. They played with supreme confidence, with a bit of a swagger on occasions once they got a sniff of the win and looked like a team hell-bent on retaining their All-Ireland title.”
