WE DID MOVE THE GOALPOSTS..

Kerry executed a three-point turn as soon as they got to Croke

- BY PAT NOLAN

KERRY may have been sidetracked by their early season goals splurge as they came to terms with the new rules, selector Aodán Mac Gearailt has revealed.

Having had their opening League game against Donegal postponed due to Storm Eowyn, Kerry opened away to Derry in round two, winning a rip-roaring encounter by 5-15 to 1-24.

A feature of Kerry’s League campaign was that they weren't prolific in terms of two-pointers, though there was a notable change in that respect once they hit Croke Park in the summer, particularly in the All-Ireland final win over Donegal, when they nailed five of them.

Mac Gearailt said: "I think we were still playing that traditional way of looking for goals first during the League.