Former Kerry football star Tomás O Sé has asked if Kildare will have the same will to win against Kerry in the Super 8s clash in Killarney - because there's nothing at stake except pride tomorrow evening [Saturday] at 6pm.
O Sé, who won five All Ireland medals with his county before he retired in 2013, paid tribute to the Lilywhites for how they rescued their season after the shock defeat to Carlow in June.
The Sunday Game pundit said: "Kildare have had some season, to be fair. The lows of Carlow and the backdoor journey they were on, the highs of Mayo. They’ll want to win this, but their main man Daniel Flynn will miss it through suspension. I wonder will they be as driven to succeed as much as they have been over the season?"
He added: "They’ll come down here wanting to win, but will their heads be right knowing that they’re out, knowing that Daniel Flynn is out, I’m not too sure."
Although O Sé admites that Kerry have improvements to make, he believes they will beat Kildare.
"Kerry backs are to the wall and they have struggled badly this season against Galway and Monaghan.
"The defensive situation hasn’t been helped by injuries but Tadhg Morley will be back, Jason Foley will be back.
"There are still issues up front, there are still issue at midfield, Their work-rate, I question it, but in that second half against Monaghan I saw enough to say they will beat Kildare.
"This is the first time in Kerry’s history that they’ll be depending on somebody else to bail them out and they’ll be depending on Galway to do the job against Monaghan."
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