Kerry legend Jack O'Shea fears the Kingdom could struggle when its more-established players retire.

Paul Galvin, Kieran Donaghy, Eoin Brosnan and Tomas and Marc O Se are all the wrong side of 30, while Colm Cooper and Declan O'Sullivan are edging closer to the 30 mark.

Seven-times All-Ireland winner O'Shea doesn't know how these great players are going to be replaced:

"The worrying thing is that there is not too much coming through at underage, but that's for another day," he says in The Irish Independent. "You go with what you have and the older players are still the best in the county."

The former Kerry star continues: "An awful lot of people are tipping Kerry to win the All-Ireland this year. They're still held in high esteem and viewed as the team to beat. You'd have to give them a real good chance.

"You have to go with belief and experience. They've been there, done it and that's a huge plus going into any match. But when you get older, you start worrying a bit more.

"You worry more about yourself than when in your prime. But they won't carry that mindset into games. You have to be confident in yourself as a player, that you're still capable." Tweet

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