Kerry even better this year than last: Cian O’Sullivan

Dublin's Cian O'Sullivan says reigning All-Ireland champions, Kerry, are an even better team this season than they were when they lifted the Sam Maguire last September.

“They’re the reigning All-Ireland champions. They have extremely impressive squad this year. They’re probably further down the road now than when they won the All-Ireland last year.

“So there’s no underestimating the task in hand and how impressive this team is we’re coming up against," adds the Kilmacud Crokes man ahead of their All-Ireland SFC meeting against the Kingdom on Sunday, September 20.

Reflecting on last Saturday's semi-final replay over Mayo, Cian feels Dublin addressed some of their shortcomings of the drawn encounter.

“There were a lot of things cropping up that we needed to work on. Having that second game gave us that opportunity to address those things.

“We did quite well at it there on Saturday. Having said that, it was still a very tight game. We’re delighted to come through it and be in another All-Ireland.

“It’s not a whole pile, six days. We just focused on getting the recovery in. The pitch sessions we did were light enough. We looked back on the tape and highlighted the areas where we did well and the areas we needed to improve on. I think we did quite well on those areas on Saturday.

“It’s funny, when you only have six days, it really focuses the mind. Lads really went after it and in the last 10 or 15 minutes that shone through.”