Éamonn Fitzmaurice: ‘Until Kerry beat Dublin or win an All-Ireland, there will be question marks’

Fitzmaurice pointed to footwork and communication as areas where improvements can be mined in the Kerry defence

Éamonn Fitzmaurice pictured as EirGrid announced a five-year partnership extension as the GAA's official timing sponsors. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Question marks will continue to hang over the Kerry defence until such time as they successfully contain the Dublin forwards, former Kingdom manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice has said.

The 2014 All-Ireland winning manager said the concession of six goals across the county’s four Division 1 League games, particularly the four leaked against Dublin, was the outstanding blot on the copybook of the Kerry defence heading into Championship.