James O’Donoghue: Kerry are solid but not defensive

James O’Donoghue takes exception to the theory Kerry were defensive on their way to winning last year’s All-Ireland title.

Cork manager Brian Cuthbert has already intimated they hope to take a leaf out of their neighbours’ book by minding the house more.

“Every year there seems to be a copycat system in terms of what suffices to win an All-Ireland,” he said last month. “I’d expect a lot of teams to be very defensive, at the start of this year anyway.”