O'Connor hits out at critics close to home

JACK O'Connor has blasted ex-Kerry players turned pundits, accusing them of 'lacking loyalty to the team'.

- Jack DUIGNAN

Speaking after the Kingdon's impressive 0-32 to 1-21 victory over All-Ireland champions Armagh in yesterday's All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park, O'Connor hit out at the way his side were written off inside and outside the county.

And he challenged those criticising the Kerry team to get involved in coaching instead of sniping from the sidelines saying, "It's very easy to knock people."

O'Connor said: "One of the great motivators in life is trying to prove people wrong. We were being portrayed as a one man team.

"I saw somebody writing this morning that the only Kerry player worthy of being called a Kerry player was David Clifford.