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Published 17:30 23 Sept 2017 BST
"I appreciated David Clifford’s performance from what I saw, he scored 4-4 or something ridiculous and I look forward to having a look at that again," Geaney said. "I’d imagine that he will be training (with the seniors) straight away. Now, development is a big thing, it’s not often you have a guy coming out of minor going into seniors when you’re being marked by someone that is bigger and stronger than you and possibly as quick if not quicker than you. "He’ll just have to use different parts of his games there but it’ll be interesting to see whether he comes straight in, the under 20’s you only play if you’re not involved in the seniors so there’s a catch 22 there on his personal development, maybe he’d be better off playing Under 20 or maybe he’s better off going straight into senior." the Kerry forward said.
Senior is obviously a lot more physically demanding than minor, the players are bigger, faster and stronger and Geaney said that will play a factor in how quick and ready Clifford can be to make the leap:
"I think it’s just down to the development and how quick he develops into a senior footballer physically because the skills are sensational.
"It took Mark (O’Connor) only a winter to become a senior footballer to start in a professional sport after six games he started in their senior outfit, hopefully, David Clifford will have a short turnaround to get him physically able with the game.
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