Jack O'Connor: 'Unique' Derry are a very tough nut to crack

Their quarter-final wearing down of John Cleary’s charges provides a perfect example of Derry’s ability to outsmart and suffocate teams

TOUGH TASK: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor feels Derry will be a 'very tough nut to crack'. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

On these pages on Tuesday, you’ll have seen and read Jack O’Connor’s refusal to get drawn into a debate on football’s unattractive summer.

Jack’s focus was the All-Ireland semi-final, he told us. He wasn’t here to chastise any other county manager for squeezing as many players into their defence as is humanly possible and as often as is possible.