Clifford: 'To be told that we'd be put out of our misery... that's why we were so hurt'

Paudie Clifford on criticism, Jack O'Connor's future and the fittest Kerry team

 

Apart altogether from its depth and range of talent, Paudie Clifford rates this Kerry team the fittest he has played on. "It is, I think. A lot of us are coming to our peak and it's just the years of hard work. 

"It's not like we did a lot of extra work in the gym (this year). We might have done a bit more on the pitch, started a bit earlier. But I think it's just us coming to our peak years and our bodies developing.