Tommy to lie on the Kerry bed
Kerry people can breathe again! Just when they got Tadgh Kenneally back from the Australian AFL, it looked like they were going to lose another star to the southern hemisphere. But now Tommy Walsh, the Young Footballer of the Year, says he is glad that the saga over his on-off move to the AFL side St Kilda has finally “been put to bed”. He is not going anywhwere and his only travel ambitions are a journey to Croke Park in September and an even better trip back to Kerry.
The Kerry attacker spent ten days on trial with the Saints last November and greatly impressed senior players and coaching staff at the Melborne outfit.
However, the 21-year-old Kerins O’Rahilly’s clubman says he only took up the trial offer out of “sheer curiosity” and was never offered a contract by the club.
“I am just concentrating on Kerry for the moment. It’s something I didn’t like to think about,” said Walsh at the launch of the Cadbury’s under-21 Championship in Croke Park on Wednesday.
“There wasn’t an offer or anything. It was something that I did think about but I think it has been put to bed.”
“I said a few weeks ago that because I would be 22 going there that I would find the transition very tough. I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
Meanwhile, Walsh welcomed Darragh O Se - who will return to training with the Kingdom on Wednesday or Friday night - back into the Kerry fold for the first time this season.
“Apparently, someone just told me he [Darragh] was coming back,” said Walsh.
“He’s an iconic figure in Kerry. It’s nice to have him beside you in any dressing room.”
A bit like having God sit beside you, Tommy!
Posted: February 26th, 2009 under Football, International Rules, Rumours.