The Kerry post mortem is already well under way, but two main factors stand out in why they didn't recapture the Sam Maguire.
Nowhere is the fallout more intense when the Sam Maguire isn’t in the locker for the winter than in the Kingdom
If the four chances worked out the exact opposite way they did, that’s a six point swing and the winning and losing of most games - certainly this one. Had one of these opportunities hit the net it’s unlikely that even a gritty and never day die Armagh would have closed the gap, which would have been six or seven points.
Shane Ryan has been outstanding over a number of years for Kerry, but he should have caught the high ball he spilled for the McCambridge goal that put just a point in it. So Kerry didn’t get the test they needed, and nothing like what Derry put up to them in the All-Ireland semi-final the year before. The contrast couldn’t have been more marked in the 2023 and 2024 encounters.
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