Michael Verney

I had another year to give.

But then, on the other hand, you have players who spend too long and sadly their career is defined by their last match.

Jack O'Shea, one of the greatest, if not the greatest midfielder of all time.

Jack O'Shea's last championship match with Kerry was 92 final against Clare.

That, you know, like what a horrible way to... Yeah, don't be... Jack is...

What a genius.

It must have been the first ever clash, championship clash, between Kerry and Cork that no card, not a single card, was dished out.

And it probably, in a way, sums up what last Sunday's Munster football final was like.

It was an OK game, but it lacked the intensity that you would expect of a normal cut-and-trust, blood-and-thunder game.

And while we're on competitions, and while we were talking about Roscommon, let's link Roscommon and Kerry.

They are playing, which is crazy...

They are playing tomorrow night, Wednesday, in the All-Ireland Under-20 semi-final in Turles.

Bear in mind, Tomás Kennedy, who got two hard belts last week and had to go off with a dead leg.

He's expected, three days later, after a Munster final, after making a debut, starting in a Munster senior championship match, and three days later, he's up playing in an All-Ireland semi-final in Turles.

It is absolutely bonkers.

And I said it last week, and I say it again...

Why?

Why are we playing the under 20s at this time of year when most of these lads are doing either Leaving Cert or University Exam?

We had the farcical situation a couple of years ago.

It was a Kerry Cork, I can't remember.