Tony Leen: Kerry finale struggling to keep sated Kingdom fans engaged. Why?

This weekend will be different with Kerry's SFC semi finals, but there is an important distinction between anticipation at the business end and the entity as a whole. Kerry’s blue riband has again trundled along to a fairly humdrum backdrop again this autumn.

DINGLE DELIGHT: Two years ago Paul Geaney and Dingle captured the Kerry Club SFC in Tralee but Sunday, at the same venue, they wan to go a step closer to winning what many stll see as the Big One in Kerry - the Bishop Moynihan trophy. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

WITH the cannister canned, Jack back on board and the team holiday delights of Nashville, Tennessee and Mexico to look forward to for Kerry’s All-Ireland winners, the Kingdom ought to be positively giddy ahead of the senior football championship semi-finals this weekend.

These days are for savouring. Everyone bate and the hay saved sort-of-vibe. Eight of Kerry’s July heroes will be on show with the side order of inter-county captaincy up for debate too. Paul Geaney with the 2026 armband in a swansong season? How bad.