Tomás Ó Sé is quietly confident that Kerry can end their recent losing streak against Dublin tomorrow.

While acknowledging that Dublin have been the more consistent team in recent years, Ó Sé is convinced there is a big game in his former Kingdom team-mates.

"I'm not writing these boys off. Far from it. One thing about Kerry, they are never a beaten docket. When we had bad years in '02 and '03 we always believed. We always believed that we were Kerry and that we could stick to anyone. Always," he wrote in his Irish Independent column.

"These boys can do it tomorrow. They'll need to put the squeeze on Cluxton. Make Cian O'Sullivan do something he doesn't want to do. Frustrate their forwards. And you need your own forwards on song. That's a lot of things to get right, but that is what Kerry will need to do. This Dublin team are that good.

"I believe that performance is in Kerry. I don't think we're as consistent as Dublin. We haven't learned how to fly at that altitude consistently yet. But there is a big game in us.

"I had a bit of a go at a few Kerry lads after the league final and it wasn't popular. We didn't show anything else that day and I don't think we were holding anything back either. Kerry need to show something different and deliver a performance they can stand over. I don't think they could do that in either the league final or last year's All-Ireland.

"Logic points to a Dublin win. If you put the body of work Dublin have produced over the last 18 months up against Kerry's, it's hard to make a case for us.

"But if you asked me where the hope is coming from, I'd ask you where did Dublin see their hope back in 2011? They have a serious team now but those lads like Flynn, Brogan, Cluxton and the rest won't be around forever and they'll be hard to replace. The worm has to turn at some stage. Why can't it be tomorrow?"

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