Ten truisms about the Allianz Football League

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REIGNING CHAMPS: David Clifford of Kerry lifts the cup after the Allianz Football League Division 1 Final match between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

A Kerry League equals a Kerry All-Ireland 

Not that he lets on too much about it – “I’m not into piseogs at all now, I’m just happy that we are setting out our stall to be competitive in every game,” Jack O’Connor said after Kerry’s Division 1 final win last April – but those who know him well will tell you he’s superstitious. Kerry may be behind the curve as he says and travel with an experimental group to Donegal on Sunday but every one of the Sam Maguire Cups he has brought back to Kerry had Division 1 cups for company. Success does indeed breed success.