'Soul destroying' defeat for Harte's Louth side

It makes for a tough lesson to learn but one that Mickey Harte does believe will stand to his players who wouldn’t know the standard required if they had not had the opportunity to test themselves against some of the top teams operating in today’s game.

SOUL DESTROYING DEFEAT: Mickey Harte's Louth side will learn a lot from the demoralising defeat to Kerry. Pic: ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

A tough watch for Mickey Harte. But an educational one.

We’ll come to Louth presently – their season’s efforts deserve due deliberation – but the former Tyrone manager’s take on Kerry and on the wider All-Ireland Championship race made for fascinating listening after his side's heavy defeat in the midlands.