FITZ'S PRAISE FOR 'BEST EVER' KERRY

KERRY'S sharpshooters have been showered with praise by the best pundit in Gaelic football.

- BY GARRY DOYLE

Eamonn Fitzmaurice's name is synonymous with the Kingdom after his involvement in FIVE of their All-Ireland wins as a player, manager and selector.

Now his job is to assess the tactical trends in football as the sport adjusts to new rules that were drawn up by Jim Gavin and his FRC committee, which Fitzmaurice sat on.

Those rule changes have clearly benefited Kerry more than most as they were able to post 0-32 against Armagh on Sunday, dethroning the All-Ireland champions at the quarter-final stage.

And that led to Fitzmaurice (below) making an incredible claim - suggesting Kerry's second-half display when they scored 14 unanswered points in a 15-minute spell - was the BEST he has ever seen from the 38-times All-Ireland winners.