Éamonn Fitzmaurice will draw on Kerry’s well of hurt against Dublin

ÉAMONN Fitzmaurice was referring to Stephen Cluxton’s radar kickouts, but he might have been subconsciously alluding to Kerry’s inexplicable no-show in last year’s All-Ireland final.

“Of course we will have a plan for (Dublin’s kick-outs) but plans sometimes work and sometimes they don’t, so we’ll have to be ready to adapt.”

The precise depth of Kerry’s private torment from that no-show last September is difficult to measure in fathoms only because it has never been scrutinised in public by those that matter — the management and the players. Indeed, it’s hardly ever been mentioned. And that’s no coincidence either.