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Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Joe Brolly
NEVER one to mince his words, Joe Brolly, has a few strong opinions about where Kerry football is headed under Eamonn Fitzmaurice.
Writing in the Sunday Independent, Brolly says “Kerry are the new Donegal. Half-forwards are defenders now. Midfielders are defenders. The obsession with defending has left them without a forward plan, just a hope that Geaney and O’Donoghue can work their magic”.
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The article focused in on the mindset of GAA teams, on whether they go out to win or out to not lose.
Brolly highlighted, Dublin and Kilkenny as the prime examples of teams who go out to win and Tyrone and Donegal as teams who look to not lose first. The Sunday Game analyst also believes Kerry are a side with a defensive ideology that shuns imagination and off the cuff football.
“It is the first Kerry team in living memory that plays not to lose. By the time of the 2014 final against Donegal, the adventure was gone and they had developed all the symptoms of the northern disease,” wrote Brolly.
Brolly was also heavily critical on Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s three year tenure. “I watched their (Kerry) minors against Derry a fortnight ago and marvelled at their skill and courage. Hopefully, Fitz will be gone before they come through, otherwise they will be toiling in the blanket defence, hand passing and soloing.”
You can read the full article HERE
