Roscommon learning but Kerry have moved on

‘We want them to be the cleverest little team of all time with the ball in hand. And we have been working on that day in and day out’.

Kerry followers have a few abiding images of that miserably wet day in Fitzgerald Stadium nine weeks ago when Roscommon beat Kerry in the league.

One is of Killian Young’s crossfield ball to Brian Ó Beaglaoich that skidded out over the terrace sideline. Another would be Mark Griffin’s attempt at a solo that went wrong and was punished with a turnover and a score.