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15th May 2021
12:50pm BST

"I refused to believe it, I refuse to believe that a team that should have beaten Dublin the year before, by playing to their strengths, which is their forwards, that they would rip up the script and go with a defensive system the following year. As it turns out, Ciarán Whelan was exactly right."
Also on the show was recently retired Cork star Paul Kerrigan, who was involved in the game that saw Kerry crash out of Munster to the hands of the rebels.
"The lads couldn't believe how defensive they were," admitted the 2010 All-Ireland winner. "You had Clifford being your first tackler on the opposition 65, Sean O'Shea back in the half-back and then everyone would drop to the 45 and they would try to turn it over their D. It was just so far reserved from what you would usually see.
"Traditionally, Kerry would been two hard-working wing forward;, a play-maker, a target-man, a couple of scorers, and they were just so far removed from that. It was unbelievable, considering the players they had."
Former Dublin star, Alan Brogan weighed in on the discussion and was as equally perplexed as the rest of the GAA Hour panel.
"There's no way those boys could be happy playing football like that," he said. "There's no way David Clifford and Sean O'Shea could be happy playing football like that. With all due respect to Cork, Kerry kind of spoiled the championship for me last year.
"We were expecting Kerry to come through and for Dublin and Kerry to meet each other, that was going to be the real test for Dublin."Kerry kick off the National League against Cork today and Wooly is hopeful that they will go back to doing what they do best. "I can't see them continuing with what they did last year, you would imagine they would go back to the 2019 style of play."
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