Kerry selector Diarmuid Murphy says goalkeepers now need to be good footballers too.

Murphy, who won four All-Irelands between the sticks for the Kingdom, points out that the duties of the No.1 have moved on from merely minding the net and that distribution has become increasingly important:

"Look at a lot of the guys playing inside in goals across all counties and they are good footballers," he notes in The Irish Daily Star.

"The number-one job inside in the goal is keep the ball out of the goal and probably the number-one task in hand, but restarts now are huge.

"It's very important and ever since I stopped playing in '09, I think the big change has been the kick-out from the 14.

"In the past, the kick-out was from the edge of the square or the 21 and it wasn't impossible but it was much more difficult to get a gameplan going when you were taking kick-outs from three different spots.

"It's easier now to get a gameplan going and open up the whole pitch if he has a good kicker, and the tee has made a big difference too." Tweet

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