Better still that the team played with such glorious adventure, enforcing a classic contest that will be remembered as long as Gaelic football is played. He dropped the old boys, invested in the kids and continued to rehearse the high press. In that instant (16th minute) Kerry switched off. Just after half time, Joe O’Connor under huge pressure kicked a ball high up into the air to nowhere prompting a vast roar in the stadium. We watched, in terror, David Clifford standing in 50 yards of space behind the Mayo press, hand in the air calling for the ball.