Tomas O Se is tipping Paul Geaney to have a big say for Kerry in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final.

In tipping his former team-mates to beat Donegal, O Se stresses the need for the Kingdom not to be over-reliant on James O'Donoghue and believes the stage could be set for fellow attacker Geaney to have the game of his life.

"Quite often it's a relatively unsung player who will emerge as the game-breaker and, while all the focus will be on O'Donoghue, I wouldn't be surprised to see Paul Geaney having a big game inside," the former Footballer of the Year writes in his Irish Independent column.

"Bottom line, Kerry can't be relying on O'Donoghue alone to win this for them. I don't think they will be. I believe they know exactly the breadth of effort they're going to need here, including a big input from the bench. I expect them to win."

O Se is concerned, however, about the lack of experience in the Kerry side.

"One worry I would have for Sunday is that Donegal have more big-game experience than this Kerry team.

"Every single one of them, practically, has an All-Ireland medal, whereas a lot of the younger Kerry lads are coming at this for the first time, lads like O'Donoghue, the Geaneys, Peter Crowley, Jonathan Lyne and Fionn Fitzgerald. I think Donegal will play on that.

"But they'll have to bring something different to this game than anything they've brought to other games so far this year."

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