DARA Ó CINNEIDE: Kerry need to show their desperation

THERE has been plenty of comment since Kerry’s last outing in Killarney against Dublin. Many of the observations have come from outside the county with former players, particularly from Ulster, offering their opinions on where things are going wrong and on how long the period of transition is going to take.

If Donegal’s success last year taught us anything it is that what happens on the training ground is what matters more than anything else in the modern game. While Donegal undoubtedly were the best team in the country last year, coaching and tactics had as much to do with their win as anything else.

Donegal folk get quite cross if it was to be suggested to them that natural talent was subservient to those very tactics, but that’s not the point.