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Published 15:11 6 Mar 2019 GMT
Updated 15:48 7 Mar 2019 GMT
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"It’s great to have him there, maybe analysing games a bit and seeing what marginal gains you can make and things like that," he said.
“He seems like a great guy and a great character, he was involved with a fantastic Kerry team there so, I suppose it’s an outside voice and an outside view and a different perspective on things. “I always think that’s a good idea to challenge your own way of thinking and challenge the way you’re doing things and maybe adapt and change. If you don’t you’ll probably become stagnant and ultimately you’ll be beaten," he continued.So the main thing is to analyse games and then to try and bring some new ideas mindset-wise to the Galway hurlers. As a forward, the St Thomas' star is particularly keen to work with the Austin Stacks man.
"So yeah, he’ll be a great guy to have around especially for myself being a forward - I’ll be trying to gleam a few gems of wisdom from him throughout the year so, yeah, looking forward to working with him. "We’ve had people involved at different stages, people coming in, from different walks of life, giving talks and things like that..."
Cooney and St Thomas' are looking forward to the All-Ireland club final against Ballyhale Shamrocks on St Patrick's day, though he informed us that they'll be going into the game without forward Kenneth Burke, who was injured in the semi-final against Cushendall.
"Kenneth's under pressure. He got surgery there on his hamstring. Realistically, probably, he'll be out," said Cooney. "We have a pretty good clean bill of health [otherwise]...I suppose he'll be a massive loss for us. He's such a leader there and he has so much experience. He's so dedicated as well and he's just trained so hard. It's disappointing for him but we'll do our best to get the win and maybe do it for him in a way - it might light a fire under a few lads and get us going."
Ballyhale Shamrock’s Joey Holden, left, and St Thomas’ Conor Cooney ahead of the AIB GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Championship Final taking place at Croke Park on Sunday, March 17th. Having extended their sponsorship of both Club and County for another five years in 2018, AIB is pleased to continue its sponsorship of the GAA Club Championships for a 29th consecutive year. For exclusive content and behind the scenes action throughout the AIB GAA & Camogie Club Championships follow AIB GAA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.
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