Derry beat Mayo on penalties and face Kerry this weekend.
Kerry legend Seamus Moynihan reckons Derry will be ‘walking on air after their Houdini act’ in Castlebar at the weekend.
All three were against the best of the Dublin/Kerry chasing pack in Donegal, Galway and Armagh, but it was still an alarming slump in form. “I think it’s way more difficult at the minute, trying to just get that team ready for the right time of the year,” he said. “With injuries, hits and recovery for the next few days, that’s probably the only difficulty from a Derry point of view,” said four-time All-Ireland winner Moynihan.
“All these guys, they are absolutely professional in everything they do, whether it’s a seven day recovery - they’ll be fine. Everyone wants to play in Croke Park and I think they’ll be hopping - there’s no doubt. “Kerry played for three or four minutes, albeit at the latter stages of that game, and finished very strong.
In his later years with Tyrone he faced the Kingdom in Championship three more times and lost all three .
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