Paul Galvin believes that the current Kerry team will only get better.

The former Footballer of the Year is convinced that the Kingdom will be back challenging for the Sam Maguire Cup next September regardless of how Sunday's final against Donegal goes:

"This Kerry team are championship animals," he writes in The Irish Examiner. "Cian O'Neill is seeing to that. And if they have impressed you this year with their power, their hitting power, their running power, their staying power, wait until you see them next year. Better and better they'll get.

"They'll go the distance alright. Granted, they have plenty to work on, considering they conceded 4-29 over two semi-finals but that will be addressed. Eamonn will see to that. I expect, or maybe I just hope, they can do it this year.

"The danger is the adaptable, unpredictable nature of Donegal. People say you know what to expect with Donegal. Defensive, men behind the ball, counter attack, blah, blah, blah. They're much more sophisticated than that. You only realise that when you're out there amongst them trying to do the maths.

"Dublin would actually have been a more straightforward proposition for Kerry. There's no telling with these Donegal lads, which is the ultimate advantage on All-Ireland final day.

"If Kerry don't manage it this year, I have no doubt they will next year. They're too good, too focused, too well conditioned, too pacy, too sure now, not to."

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