Mikey Sheehy uneasy with ‘cynical’ tag

He is a very visible reminder of Kerry’s Golden Years’ glitz, so picking holes in the All-Ireland champions’ Sunday best sits as uncomfortably with Mikey Sheehy as anyone.

“We wouldn’t like to be given that kind of name, of being a cynical team,” he says, wincing, “but definitely our tackling is an area that would have been giving us a small bit of concern.”

The attacking artist and selector to Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s 2014 champions says statistics from Kerry’s league campaign make for a sobering read.