Talking Points: Win over Derry even more satisfying as Kerry stay true to who they are 

Dublin have still got it and Meath do it the Meath way. 

MAIN MEN:  Kerry’s Tadhg Morley, David Clifford and Tom O'Sullivan celebrate after the game. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Kerry stay true to what has made them who they are 

For Kerry, winning is all that has ever mattered but winning the Kerry way, even if that is bound up in adapting to the demands of the modern game, matters even more. A large part of Kerry’s first half struggles may have stemmed from going away from their principles of applying more pressure in defence and through the middle third, but the principles deeply encrypted into the core of Kerry’s DNA eventually saw them home.