Cooper hails arrival of ‘hero’ Mikey to camp

He idolised him as a player and from next season Colm Cooper will have Mikey Sheehy as a Kerry selector.

A day after giving an exhibition of football for Dr Crokes in Sheehy’s home town of Tralee on Sunday, the outgoing Kerry captain couldn’t be happier with the appointment of Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s new selector.

“In fairness, he was a decent enough player, wasn’t he?” smiled Cooper about Sheehy. “He probably knows what he is talking about.