Talking tactics: One-on-ones at a premium in Football League

Our reporters explain how the teams set up in four league encounters yesterday...

Kerry v Roscommon

No sweepers were to be found in Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday as both sides went with a fairly orthodox formation. Kerry full-forward Tommy Walsh was glued to the 20-metre line, with corner-forward pair, Barry John Keane and Stephen O’Brien, withdrawing closer to the ’45. Several high balls were pumped in on top of Walsh and the Roscommon full-back, but the quality of the delivery and the astuteness of the two Roscommon corner-backs meant very few one-on-one situations materialised.