Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes Kerry’s key players are in much better form than they were 12 months ago.

With both the Allianz League and Munster SFC titles already in the bag, the Kingdom now have their sights set on adding the All-Ireland and Fitzmaurice feels they're in a good place mentality.

"The key difference between Kerry this year and this time last year is that an awful lot of the lads are playing well," the former All-Ireland winning player and manager told the RTÉ GAA podcast.

"They're playing seven, eight, nine out of 10. Whereas, at this stage last year, a lot of them were five or six out of 10.

"They were just looking for a bit of form. They weren't quite playing with the confidence or the fluency they can play with. They just look good at the moment. That's a positive for Kerry. For the next couple of weeks, they just have to try and beat whatever is in front of them.”

Fitzmaurice added: "There will be battles. Obviously, Roscommon in the first game up is all they're going to be focusing on. But that game above in Páirc Uí Chaoimh will have a real edge to it.

"Cork will be coming, believing they should have won the first day out. Kerry will be forewarned of the qualities of Cork.

"Hopefully, it will lead to the kind of battles that used to be there, 10 or so years ago and over the previous 10 years, where those games were really 50:50 and there was a real physical edge to them."

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