Anthony Maher says keen competition for places will make sure Kerry don't become complacent.

Eamonn Fitzmaurice's charges host Waterford in Killarney on Saturday night, having brushed aside Tipperary at the same venue on Sunday. This one looks like a home banker but Maher insists the Kerry players can't afford to take their eye off the ball:

"Very simple when you have got James Walsh, Bryan Sheehan and David Moran breathing down your neck," the Duagh clubman notes in The Irish Examiner.

"The fellas with the jerseys at the moment are fighting to keep them and you had the likes of Darran [O'Sullivan] and Bryan coming.

"We seem to have a very strong panel. Every guy who has a shirt between 1-15 will be doing his utmost to keep that jersey so I don't think Eamonn will have to say much to keep any of us motivated.

"Regardless of who you are playing in early stages of the championship, it is about things like forwards and midfielders and defenders finding out about who they are.

"Like Eamonn said before the game, we've been training since January but we haven't been training to train well; we've been training for championship." Tweet

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