Colm Keys

It was a grapple.

It was a contest for a ball.

Yes, technically there's danger to it.

It's dangerous play, but quite often they're dead with yellow cards too.

Their ability to hold on to the ball for those long chains of possession is just, it's phenomenal at this stage what they're able to do.

There was a couple of minutes left

build up to the Oisín Gallen two-pointer.

If you go back to the league final, Conor O'Donnell's goal was about three minutes deep.

Just such long spells.

And they figured out a way to keep Kerry at arm's length, and that is starve them of the ball.

Very, very simple premise, but it works.

And the reason it works is they're so good in possession for running those lines and those angles, and they can do it relentlessly.

And...

The crowd might switch off but Donegal don't and they really know how to put the ball through the hands and retain it and really frustrate Kerry because Kerry, let's face it, Kerry are not used to chasing a game and chasing opponents.

That is not the way that they play football.

You might hit them on the counter but you don't

keep them at arm's length the way, the way Donegal have been able to do it.

I do think the players that Kerry are missing...

are still a huge factor.

Obviously, you can go through.