Aidan O'Mahony has warned Jack O’Connor that the Kildare crowd won’t be “too kind” to him on Sunday.
O’Connor’s third stint as Kerry manager begins in earnest with a trip to Newbridge to face opposition that he managed last year and while he insisted that there was nothing untoward about the circumstances of his departure before taking up the Kingdom job, the locals may not see it that way.
O’Mahony won All-Irelands under O’Connor in 2004, ‘06 and ‘09 and said: “It’s like when a manager moves from one club to another in the Premier League. You’re never forgiven once you move.