Killian Young is the man to keep tabs on Diarmuid Connolly this Sunday according to Declan O'Sullivan.

The individual match-ups will go a long way towards deciding the outcome of the Sam Maguire decider and, as reported by the Examiner, five-time All-Ireland Kerry winner O'Sullivan told Radio Kerry: "You cannot afford to concentrate on just two or three of the Dublin forwards, you really have to play close attention to all of them.

"Ciaran Kilkenny and Paddy Andrews were seen as the lesser lights, but their performances against Mayo means Kerry will have to keep a close eye on them.

"Paddy Andrews hasn't got the credit he deserves. He was fantastic in the couple of games I played against him. He certainly has that talent. The big thing for Paddy is that he has got to put back-to-back performances together and play as well in the final as he did against Mayo to meet expectations. He came in under the radar against Mayo and now his cover is blown.

"The big thing for Kerry is they need to get their defensive systems right, get their match-ups right.

"There's a few players that are not playing that well, maybe Paul Flynn didn't have his best day (against Mayo) and Dean Rock has been out of form. It will be very interesting to see how Eamonn (Fitzmaurice) goes about it. Of course Marc Ó Sé has great experience marking Bernard Brogan and that would be a fantastic battle.

"I think somebody like Killian Young could go toe-to-toe with Diarmuid Connolly and maybe Peter Crowley on Paul Flynn."

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