"Joe Brolly told us the production line was finished in Kerry...well Joe Brolly what do you think of that?"
The roar at the end capped it off as Star made sure that he would not be left twinkling behind a cloud or brolly as Kerry claimed their first All Ireland title in five years.
An elated Kieran Donaghy joined us on Off The Ball tonight after his standout performance against Donegal in yesterday's final and he touched on the motivation behind that post-match jibe at Brolly.
"We were walking down to breakfast on the morning of the game and [James O'Donoghue] says 'Joe Brolly is some man to say the production line is gone'. I said 'look, we'll try our best to show him' and I don't know why it came into my head but it just did. It was meant just to have a go at him because his article was that the production line was going to a halt in Kerry and it was a time when we were struggling in the league and I would always say, never judge Kerry on the league," said Donaghy, who described it as "lazy journalism" on Brolly's part.
Donaghy, who had suffered with mounting injuries during the year, believes it is the "sweetest" title of his career based on how Kerry were written off over the year and how he had to recover from "licking his wounds".
The 31-year-old also admitted that his body will dictate whether he plays on or ends his inter-county career.
He was also satisfied by his goal-scoring role when he capitalised on a poor kickout from Donegal keeper Paul Durcan.
"I was trying to hedge it as best I can between my man and Leo McLoone who was standing behind me at the top of the D for all the kickouts," said Donaghy, who added that Colm 'The Gooch' Cooper had been "breaking my chops" to get him to place his shots rather than go for a blast at goal.
Donaghy also had a hand in the early Kerry goal which saw Paul Geaney finish off a move "like an assassin" which the Kingdom had prepared for tactically.
As Wooly said, the alleged Donegal spy in the tree may have missed that part of the training session and Donaghy said that the players were only vaguely aware of the commotion.
"We did notice a lot of people up by the gate on the far side of the pitch which wasn't normal all year. So we knew something was going on but we didn't know the extent," said Donaghy.
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