'You want to calibrate yourself against the best and Kerry are the best, along with Dublin. It's a great opportunity.'
Ger Brennan has challenged his Louth players to embrace the fear when facing Kerry as he eyes an All-Ireland quarter-final berth.
Brennan insists that he’s treating it as a one-off game, saying: “It's Louth v Kerry in a Championship match. They're looking to win and we're looking to win. “We'd be looking to give our best performance against Kerry and again, it's not fear, it's a healthy fear, it's a healthy respect, it's the excitement of playing against the best teams.
“We're looking to finish first. You don't get to play Kerry too often. Louth don't get to play Kerry too often. We've been lucky the last two seasons, regardless of last year's result. “Now look at what the lads are doing, and it's a lot of the same fellas, so it's amazing what a bit of belief, a bit of structure, a bit of experience and getting a few notches on their belt against bigger opposition, which they're starting to do more and more, can do.Last year David Clifford notched 2-4 against Louth though Brennan shrugged off suggestions that the two-time Footballer of the Year’s form has dipped and that Louth could be meeting him at a good time.
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