Kelly ready to fend off another barrage

Goalkeepers. There is something about the role which attracts a different kind of individual across the sporting spectrum.

Examples? Bruce Grobbelaar, Rene Higuita, Paddy Cullen, Shane Curran, Ollie Walsh, Davy Fitzgerald — there’s something about them.

Among themselves they recognise this, and more than any other position on the field they have their own fraternal bond.