Donnchadh Walsh says Kerry had to beat Dublin for Éamonn Fitzmaurice

Donnchadh Walsh admits the Kerry players felt compelled to finally beat Dublin for manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice who came out batting on their behalf last week.

Fitzmaurice broke from character during Kerry’s pre-final press briefing to hit out at claims in the media that his team had grown increasingly defensive, negative and, at times, cynical.

Walsh said his personal opinion is that the claims were well off and described their actual mentality as “the opposite really, you have to attack teams, that’s how you win”.