No quick fix for Kerry, but Marc Ó Sé backs Éamonn Fitzmaurice

Marc Ó Sé believes there will be no return to the Kingdom for Sam Maguire in 2018 and that Éamonn Fitzmaurice needs time, and the continuing presence of senior players such as Kieran Donaghy, for the county to reign again.

Fitzmaurice has another year of his term still to run but Ó Sé is of a mind that the current project will need longer to complete and pointed to Tyrone’s decision to offer Mickey Harte another three years as an example of the route Kerry should take.

There was a warning, too, that the county can’t simply look to the impressive batch of underage players due to come through as they continue to lick the wounds suffered in the All-Ireland semi-final loss to Mayo last month.