The Kingdom were ‘adamant’ they weren’t going to lose their first group phase game this year after last year’s loss to Mayo, according to the Kerry manager
Kerry manager Jack O’Connor before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Kerry and Monaghan at Fitzgerald Stadium Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
How poor were Monaghan? More importantly, how good were Kerry? A little from column A and a little from column B you’d have to think.
As poor as Monaghan were, and they were desperately so particularly in the first half, Kerry were genuinely very impressive. There was an energy and a determination to the Kingdom that we’d only seen in patches against either Cork or Clare in Munster.
