Gooch warns against writing off Kingdom

Colm Cooper insists Kerry aren’t as far off the pace for All-Ireland honours as some of their critics think.

Despite losing to Cork in last month’s Munster semi-final, spirits are high in the camp ahead of their second round qualifier against Westmeath in Mullingar on Sunday.

Cooper said: “We missed three or four goal chances against Cork. If one or two of them went in things might have been a little different or closer.