Three key talking points as Mid Kerry bid to dethrone champions East Kerry

Eoghan Cormican picks out three areas that could decide Saturday's Kerry SFC final

Is Pa Kilkenny the man to marshal David Clifford (above)?. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Is Pa Kilkenny the man to marshal David Clifford?

Kilkenny, given his corner-back experience for both county and division (he wore the number two shirt when last Mid Kerry appeared in a county final six years ago), seems the obvious choice for the task of picking up David Clifford. Kilkenny operated in the half-back line during Mid Kerry’s semi-final win over Dr Crokes, but given this is arguably their strongest line of the field, containing as it does fellow Kerry senior panellists Peter Crowley and Mike Breen, Mid Kerry can afford to move Kilkenny back into the corner in an attempt to curb Clifford. Of course, how the two-time All-Star forward fares this evening will have as much to do with the quality of ball supplied as it will Kilkenny’s touch-tight marking.