'One off' David Clifford sprinkles the spring stardust, but what of Galway?

As emphatic as this opening day statement was from Kerry, as conclusive as the evidence provided by Clifford of his extraordinary powers was, the takeaway from Tralee was the abysmal showing from Galway, whom many would place in a putative list of the top three teams in the country

MAGNETIC: Kerry's David Clifford collects a pass ahead of Galway's Sean Mulkerrin during Saturday's Allianz Football League game at Austin Stack Park. Clifford hit 3-6 in the Kingdom's first outing of 2021. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

It was an Old Trafford in 1964 that a young reporter, pre-occupied with the minutiae of a George Best wonder goal, asked his press box colleagues for the time of the goal.

‘Never mind the time, son’, ‘just write down the date’.