Cooper feasts on compliant victims

AS KERRY’s management watched their charges warm down after this bloodless victory, the chat quickly moved beyond the opposition and onto matters more pressing.

Like how to keep Colm Cooper’s wand weaving magic beyond March and into the summer.

Jack O’Connor mulled over the issue. “We were just saying is there any chance we could put him into cold storage for a couple of months,” he mused, half-joking. “He’s a confidence player who is enjoying his football. He got a lot of value out of that game.”