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Danny Hughes gives his All-Ireland final verdict

Kerry manager Eamon Fitzmaurice celebrates beating Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Championship final
Kerry manager Eamon Fitzmaurice celebrates beating Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Championship final Kerry manager Eamon Fitzmaurice celebrates beating Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Championship final

As the clock ticks down to an eagerly-awaited All-Ireland SFC clash between Tyrone and Kerry , GAA columnist and former Allstar Danny Hughes runs an experienced eye over the opposing teams in tomorrow's Irish News....

``There is a time for playing attractive football. See the two semi-finals last year. There is a time for trench digging and doing whatever it takes to win. See last year’s All-Ireland final.

There is nothing genius about Kerry's Eamon Fitzmaurice as a manager. The difference between Kerry and a lot of other teams is the ability of their players to play two polar opposite styles.

Pragmatically they have the ability to change their game according to the opposition.

While Kerry managers of the past have been quite dogmatic in style terms, they probably underestimated the abilities of the players to adapt from one week to the next....

Read the full Danny Hughes column in Breaking Ball in The Irish News tomorrow...