Figures stacking up for Kerry boss Fitzmaurice

Maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Éamonn Fitzmaurice was keeping a record of exactly what he was doing this spring.

When it was put to him that he had given a lot of players game-time over Kerry’s seven league games, he replied: “I’m open to correction but 37 (players were used in the league) particularly players getting their first taste, their first starts.”

His count is right. Almost 40 players have seen action and at least another seven, primarily seasoned operators, have either been rehabilitating (Anthony Maher), taking breaks (Darran O’Sullivan, Donnchadh Walsh), or been otherwise engaged (Kieran Donaghy with basketball).