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16th July 2017
03:26pm BST

"When someone like Colm Cooper retires we tend to lose the run ourselves," wrote in the Independent back in April. "What is certain is that Colm was the ultimate purveyor of skill. "He was like a computer animated footballer. Perfect balance. Perfect skills. Left foot, right foot. A perfect understanding of space and time. "His goal finishing was without doubt the best I have seen. "But, as I have often pointed out, he wasn't a leader in the mould of Peter Canavan or Trevor Giles or Colm O'Rourke. He didn't have that warrior spirit needed to turn games."So it wasn't exactly inconsistent of Brolly to use Cooper as an example of how to finish properly. Darragh O'Hanlon went through for Down in the first period of the Ulster final and pulled a glorious opportunity wide when it would've put the Mourne men in front. The answer was simple - pass it into the net. Do a Gooch. Even Joe Brolly knows that. https://twitter.com/TheSundayGame/status/886583678368833536 Never one to let Joe Brolly get too far ahead of himself, Colm O'Rourke was there to keep the Derry native in check and he reminded him, Cooper and the entire nation of Brolly's comments on Gooch in the past and he might as well have sat back and lit a cigar whilst he was there. https://twitter.com/ConanDoherty/status/886584226329571328 Brolly laughed it off - said his words were taken out of context. Rather that or a pretty awkward few minutes for all concerned - except O'Roruke of course.
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