Jim McGuinness's forensic analysis every Monday in the Irish Times is beloved of those weary of the alleged sensationalism of the Sunday Game.
In his column today, he was effusive in his praise for Mickey Harte and Tyrone's tactics, particularly their handling of the Cooper-Donaghy-O'Donoghue attacking triumvirate.
However, he reckons Tyrone's strategy of conceding short kick outs in the hope of containing Kerry attacks further down the field ultimately cost them in the end.
What I was struggling to work out was that for the first Kerry kick-out, Tyrone pushed up and won it and were straight through for a goal chance. But from then on, they stepped off and conceded the short kick-out. I could see why they would do it in terms of getting 15 back and making Kerry break them down.
McGuinness contends that when Tyrone did pressurise the Kerry kick-outs, they found some joy. The weather conditions inhibited Kerry's midfielders from collecting clean ball and had Tyrone pushed up they could have hoovered up the breaks and launched more attacks.
Read his outlook here.
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