No news is good news for Kelly

DUBLIN’S Peter Kelly will be avoiding the newspapers and sports bulletins between now and Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Limerick.

Dublin hurling has received plenty of media attention in 2011, garnering the headlines after their Allianz League final win over Kilkenny and then suffering a dissection of their approach and tactics when losing to the Cats in the Leinster championship final.

Kelly knows that such exposure can be a dangerous thing. He explained: “Newspapers have to be sold, and if you start reading about yourself after a big win you might start believing you’re great, or after a big loss doubts can start creeping in. You have to distance yourself from all that and focus on the now.”