Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has revisited one of the year’s earlier controversies and hit out at the disciplinary action taken against Paul Galvin and Tomas O Se.
Both Kingdom players received lengthy bans during the Championship and O’Connor feels ‘selective’ justice was used in penalising his players, the Galvin situation particularly angering him given that his second ban of the year was longer as a direct result of his first – one he argues he should never have got.
Galvin was sent off against Cork in both the National Football League and the Munster semi-final replay for tussles with Rebels defender Eoin Cadogan and O’Conor feels the first incident in February saw his man victimised. O Se later earned a ban after several bad challenges in the Munster final against Limerick.
"It's the one that rankles me big time," admitted O'Connor of the first Galvin incident on Radio Kerry's 'Terrace Talk'.
"We produced video evidence afterwards to prove that Paul did nothing that night - in fact he was the innocent victim and that was the one that caused us grief.
"Yet we got an outcome afterwards that was not satisfactory in our book.
"It was due to this suspension that he got double for the red card against Cork in the championship and he missed the All-Ireland quarter-final (against Down when Kerry were beaten). It's the one that grates most on me because I feel that the man was wronged there.
"I am not condoning what he did up in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, nor am I condoning what Tomas O Se did against Limerick; they know themselves that they did wrong. But I believe that the justice they received was selective."
O’Connor also expressed dissatisfaction with the media, who he says do not look in depth at situations and just like to jump the gun for headlines.
"They are gone a bit sensationalist - everything is black and white,” the Kingdom boss added.
“There is no grey area with them. They tend to go for the quick fix and the sensational stuff and it's hard to take them that seriously because they don't look in depth at things."