Philly McMahon: Kerry have upped the physical stakes

Dublin defender Philly McMahon reckons Kerry may have taken a leaf out of Mayo’s book and decided to increase their physicality in an effort to reel in the back to back All-Ireland champions.

Experienced McMahon compared last month’s Allianz league clash with Kerry in Tralee, a spiteful game containing 13 yellow cards, eight of which were dished out to Kerry, to last season’s drawn All-Ireland final with Mayo.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin has referenced the ‘off the ball activity’ that went on in Tralee while Sky Blues legend Paul Curran went a step further last week by claiming that Kerry should be ‘ashamed’ of how defensive and negative they’ve become.