‘Bad petrol out’ as slick Kerry get into gear

WHEN they come to do their football audit for 2010 in Kerry, the McGrath Cup is unlikely to figure prominently.

Saturday afternoon in Austin Stack Park saw Kerry’s footballers claim silverware, but as midfielder Micheál Quirke put it last week, they won’t be ferrying the trophy around local schools in celebration.

Still, the pre-season fare has been useful for the Kingdom. As Quirke confided, the competitive games have eliminated the “bad petrol out of their system” and some newcomers have staked a claim in Jack O’Connor’s future planning.