Kelly plays down Walters injury worry

As Alan Kelly was preparing to walk towards the touchline to speak to the media at Gannon Park yesterday, he remarked to team doctor Alan Byrne that it was fantastic that he would be able to report a clean bill of health to the waiting reporters.

At that precise moment, Jon Walters crumpled in a heap on the training pitch after an accidental clash with Shane Long.

“That’s the last time I’ll even think that,” Kelly wryly observed a little later.