In an article relating to picking Kerry's 24-man squad for the game, team selector Ger O'Keefe explains how he feels his side won't get it easy against the Oakleafers:
"I can tell you first of all that Kerry aren't going to win this game handy because Derry have proven themselves to be a very good side. We beat them narrowly up in Derry earlier in the year but they were missing Paddy Bradley and Mark Lynch and had Eoin Bradley sent off on an early yellow card."The former Kingdom player then infers that Kerry need to test themselves against Ulster opposition:
"Derry will provide stiff opposition on Sunday but that's where Kerry want to be. It's good for us to be playing those type of teams from the North."So, it comes as a surprise to hear Jack O'Connor distance himself from any issue with Ulster teams, in an Irish Independent article today that refers to Kerry's previous troubles with teams from the northern province:
"I don't want to get caught up in this Ulster thing -- we want to win every game, whoever we're playing against."It looks like O'Connor and O'Keefe are singing from slightly different hymnsheets. Or is the famed Kerry "cuteness" only visible in the national media?
Either way, the Kerry boss will hope that his chorus-line are note perfect on Sunday; else, "this Ulster thing" might be a bigger problem than he thinks.
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