Kerry prepare for push towards success
There are 31 other footballing counties in Ireland in more need of some silverware than Kerry but manager Pat O’Shea has maintained Kerry's dominance since his rise to the hotseat and now scoring difference stands between the Kingdom and a national league final.
Kerry go into their remaining Division One game against Galway needing to win by three or more points to be sure of making Allianze National League decider although they could still qualify depending on the result of the Derry-Donegal game.
A first league start for Mike Frank Russell, the return of Aidan O'Mahony at centre back and the naming of Declan O'Sullivan and Colm Gooch Cooper among the substitutes indicate the Kerry boss is now getting set to mount a serious push towards the first silverware of the season.
O'Sullivan has just returned from minor knee surgery, while Cooper is just back from a two-month holiday in the US.
The side also includes Tom O' Sullivan who is quick to point out that despite talk of player burnout in the modern game the current Kingdom squad are as hungry as ever for success.
KERRY (SF v Galway): D Murphy, P Reidy, M Ó Sé, T O'Sullivan, T Ó Sé, A O'Mahony, T Griffen, D Ó Sé, S Scanlon, D O'Sullivan, D Walsh, A Maher, MF Russell, K Donaghy, B Sheehan.
