Soul searching begins
As the dust settles on Kerry’s disappointing All-Ireland SFC Final loss to Mayo on Sunday thoughts will very quickly turn to 2027 and what is Jack O’Connor’s final year of his two year senior managerial term.
O’Connor has been very vocal in voicing his concerns about player burn out and the impact that it is having on the Kerry senior football squad and the impact it will have in the future. Speaking after Kerry’s loss Jack raised this issue again.
“I'll have very little control over the next couple of months because they (the players) go back to the clubs and they'll play whatever amount of championships – three for most of them. You just hope that they don't play through injury and they don't come back to us chronically injured in November and expect us to fix them. I've been saying for a long, long time that we can't keep this going in Kerry. We just can't. If you're playing virtually all year round and not getting a proper off-season and a proper pre-season, it comes back to bite you.”
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Abbeydorney should edge tight contest
The men from Ardfert have competed in 20 finals since the competition was founded back in 1889, winning 7 titles. Abbeydorney on the other hand have a much better strike rate in finals winning 6 titles in 10 final appearances.
St Brendans last title came 13 years ago in 2013 and their last final appearance was five years ago in 2021 when they lost out to Kilmoyley. That 2013 final win has been the only SHC title won by St Brendans in 36 years. It would be fair to say that another county title is overdue and that the Neilus Flynn Cup would be most welcome in the hostelries of Ardfert village on Sunday night.
Abbeydorney on the other hand have gone from paupers to princes in Kerry hurling after overcoming a 50 year title famine they are now aiming to win a three in a row of senior county titles.
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