Where to play Tommy Walsh? Eamonn Fitzmaurice admits that's a nice headache to have as he puts the finishing touches to Kerry's preparations for their Division 1 campaign.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, the All-Ireland winning boss believes Walsh's return gives him plenty of options throughout the field.

"It's a problem I like having to be honest. That's the part of the thing that I really enjoy, trying to think up plans or strategies, how you can use players or maximise players or maybe surprise the opposition.

"Definitely Tommy will give us something different. He can play in any number of positions. Like his father, you could try and make a full-back of him for a particular type of forward, say if Michael Cussen was playing full-forward for Cork.

"You could definitely play him centre-back. And you could play him anywhere from eight up.

"It might come down to if we have injuries, if a fella's form isn't working. Do you go back to a 'twin towers' approach (when he partnered Kieran Donaghy in the full-forward line) which was there in 2008 for periods of games?

"It's exciting to be thinking about things like that. But we have to be patient. We have to give him time. We can't be expecting him to be a complete player straight away."

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