Paul Bealin: Kerry are feeling the heat

Former Dublin footballer Paul Bealin has described Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s outburst as a “deflection tactic” to take the focus off a Kerry team which is under “huge pressure”.

Ahead of Sunday’s league decider, the Kerry manager has hit out at the “complete lack of balance” regarding Kerry’s physical approach against Dublin in Tralee last month. Fitzmaurice also expressed concern that the narrative surrounding his team is straying into territory similar to the build-up to last year’s All-Ireland final where he believes there was an orchestrated campaign against Mayo’s Lee Keegan.

But Bealin, midfield on Dublin’s 1995 All-Ireland winning team, isn’t buying it.