Kerry’s David Moran was frustrated with the ‘disaster’ schedule of the GAA Championships now that his side will have to wait three weeks for their All-Ireland semi-final.
Kerry were dominant against Cork in their Munster Senior Football final on Sunday, winning 4-22 to 1-9 in Fitzgerald Stadium.
They will now have to wait until the weekend of the 14th of August before they take the pitch again.
Speaking to media after their Kerry’s Munster final, Moran expressed his frustration with the wait and the schedule in general.
“Two weeks is absolutely ideal, four weeks is the worst in the world,” Moran said. “You are spending half a week recovering and then you are absolutely flying then for three or four sessions, and you are back in, it is perfect timing.
“With three weeks, you might have a little bit longer. If I had the choice, I’d nearly pick two weeks, we had two coming into the last two games which suited us well.
“It may be an old-school thinking that the more time you have the better, but as a player it is a disaster.”
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Kerry’s victory on Sunday was a form of payback after last November, when Cork beat them 1-12 to 0-13 in the final.
Moran suggested that the loss in last year’s final was not the reason that they came out so dominantly this year.
“[Last November] was definitely something on our minds, but I don’t think you are going to win a Munster Championship by having that,” Moran said.
“I am sure they had their own disappointment after the Tipperary game. It was something that we might have drawn on, but sure you are going to draw on anything that you think will give you an edge.
“I think it played a factor, but if we had beaten them last year… I think we would have been just as tuned in.
“We were very happy with three quarters of the game, obviously in the first quarter we would be very disappointed,” Moran added.
“We knew at the first water break that things weren’t going to plan, but I suppose we did come in knowing that we wanted to start like we finished but it might not happen.”
