Ó Sé: 'Phenomenal' Clifford born to win All-Irelands

A deep contentment has settled over Kerry as Sam Maguire spends Christmas in the Kingdom for the first time in eight years.

Their anointed one, David Clifford, is king of all he surveys. Were Kerry the kind of place where you were allowed rest on one All-Ireland win, then you might say he had no more worlds to conquer. Kerry is not a 'To Win Just Once' sort of environment.

But Marc Ó Sé, one of the chief football analysts on GAAGO's coverage for 2023, is wary of the recently deposed empire re-grouping.

"I think we (Kerry) have a great chance, the fact that you win one, it gives fellas a huge boost, it gives fellas an experience that they want more. But it doesn't just happen as easily as that.

"You cast your mind back to the semi-final and final, moments in those games...like, had Seanie O'Shea not kicked that point, you were looking at extra-time.

"Would Kerry have got over the Dubs in that extra-time period? They are questions that you'd definitely be wondering about.

"The final against Galway, that free kick down in the corner, hugely controversial call, went Kerry's way and they got a point. That for me was the key moment in that game.

"I think this is going to be a very exciting year in 2023. I think the Dubs with the two new fellas back, that's going to really bolster their chances of winning. I don't buy into this thing where they....they definitely have been in decline.

"But there's players there (in Dublin). And when you bring in an extra player or two, there's players there that can win an All-Ireland for sure."

Kerry tend to count their barren stretches in dog years. An eight year gap without an All-Ireland title - their second longest since the foundation of the State - was intolerable. It could be regarded as