VIDEO: Eamonn Fitzmaurice studying the form guide for Killarney

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice insists too much is being made of his selection policy.

The All-Ireland-winning football boss has routinely stated his team is picked on training-ground form, but this week suggested his selection policy “has taken on a life of its own”.

Fitzmaurice made five changes to the Kerry team ahead of the drawn Munster final, with Colm Cooper among the quintet relegated to the bench and the Kerry manager was criticised for the lack of loyalty shown to the players who delivered All-Ireland glory last September — Brian Kelly, Aidan O’Mahony, Paul Murphy, Anthony Maher and Paul Geaney were also sitting alongside Cooper in the stand at Fitzgerald Stadium.