Eamonn Fitzmaurice: No need for anything dramatic from left field

Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final joust with Dublin is the game Kerry have wanted and have been waiting for since last September, according to Éamonn Fitzmaurice.

The Kerry boss labelled this weekend’s assignment as the “ultimate test”, but is adamant his charges have evolved as a group compared to the side which fell to Dublin in last year’s decider. He also believes they’re in better shape. Fitzmaurice’s assertion Kerry must play to their potential is hardly letting the cat out of the bag as to what the Kingdom require - but they have failed in this regard in both the league final and the 2015 All-Ireland decider.

“I don’t think we need anything dramatic from left field. We’ll have to play better than we have played the last couple of times,” he insisted.