Eamonn Fitzmaurice: Kerry will be content with Dublin-Derry final

RTÉ GAA analyst Eamonn Fitzmaurice reckons Kerry will be relatively content to wind up on 10 points at the end of Division 1, while allowing Derry and Dublin to progress to the league decider.

Kerry still have an outside chance of making a league final, though that would likely entail Dublin failing to beat an already safe Tyrone in Croke Park.

Technically, they could overhaul Derry if all three sides finished the league with five wins from seven, though that would require a big score differential swing (+16) in the final round of games.

Their league campaign was blighted by a sobering 10-point loss to Dublin at Croke Park in a performance Jack O'Connor subsequently branded "unacceptable", though they have recovered with reasonably comfortable wins over Tyrone and Roscommon in the last two rounds.

"I expect Kerry to win to be honest," says Fitzmaurice. "It's been a strange enough league for Kerry. They could end up on 10 points. Probably not overly happy with where they're at.

"We're seeing flashes every weekend. At the same time, the group will probably figure there's more in them.

"Like I said, if they win and end up on 10 points, that's a very positive league. A lot of time, that'll get you to a league final. But some of the lads will feel they've another gear or two to go."

O'Connor, who guided Kerry to a league and championship double in 2022, had sounded relatively unenthusiastic about the prospect of a league final appearance earlier in the league.

Kerry are bound for a training camp in the Portuguese resort of Quinta do Lago next week, from which they return on the eve of the league final.

"If you're playing Jack in a game of golf or a game of cards or a quiz, he wants to win," says Fitzmaurice.

"So, Jack saying he's