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My pessimism is based solely on our last 3 outings. A 3/10, 4/10 & 5/10. As Harte says himself, we're playing in patches and need to turn these purple patches into 70 minutes or something near it. Without Cavanagh and Stevie O' Neill so low on confidence, I think these next 2 games look menacing. O'Neill is our major scoring threat. The simplest of frees are starting to look difficult for him. In 2005 he was untouchable. Genius in fact. I hope he starts finding the gears soon. Other forwards need to stand up and be counted in Kerry. Boys like Gormley and McCullough if selected, could nail a starting slot for the championship. Mugsy and Cavlan, well, I'll wait to see the team announced tonight.

Of course, when you add Jordan, Cav & McGuigan to the mix, with Dooher hoovering, I'll be brimming with optimism during the summer months.

Humiliation is what I dread. Cork made us look like fools. Kerry could eat us alive. Donegal certainly did lar na pairc!. I wanna see Hub give O'Se his fill of it, will it happen, I don't think so. If hub does the business, I'll be the first man to climb down and say yes, hub for midfield.

I hope you're right. Collie Holmes must be close to a runnout as well. If ever we need to get something from midfield, it's against Kerry. Hopefully, Dooher will start his hoovering soon. He didn't get too break against Donegal at Healy Park and from the Q101 coverage it didn't sound as though he seen too much on Sunday. I suppose it's games that he needs.

If McGinly has recovered from that calf strain, I wonder will he be back at number 3. McMahon could be moved into the middle to try and get to grips with O'Se