Donaghy the destroyer as Kerry deliver

IT didn’t constitute a told-you-so but Kieran Donaghy’s excellence at full-forward in Armagh’s Athletic Grounds yesterday provided Jack O’Connor with grounds for justification.

After a so-so evening against Dublin’s Seán Murray last month, the Kerry boss had to field questions and listen to calls for him to return Donaghy to midfield where the side admittedly have been struggling.

Ain’t he glad he ignored them. With Darran O’Sullivan keeping him supplied, Donaghy was the fulcrum for 1-6 of Kerry’s scores. That they didn’t finish this game off earlier was down to a failure to give the 2006 footballer of the year enough support at an earlier juncture in the tie.