Colm Cooper: Functional Kerry now reaping the benefits

Colm Cooper believes Kerry now have the composure and confidence to realise they don't always have to be at their perfect best and that doing the right things at right times can be enough.

The 'Gooch' was assessing Kerry's 38th All-Ireland win against Galway, a contest where Jack O'Connor's side found enough when it mattered to get over the line. It was so unlike 2019 when the side managed by Peter Keane failed to kick on in the drawn final against the Dubs.

And then 2020 in the rain in Páirc Uí Chaoimh - that late concession of a goal against the Rebels.

More goals were let in last year as Tyrone found the answers Kerry couldn't in that delayed semi-final.

Jack O'Connor came back for a third spell and he assembled a backroom that would change how the Kingdom operated.

Colm Cooper believes Kerry now have the composure and confidence to realise they don't always have to be at their absolute best. They know doing the right things at right times can be enough#rtegaa