‘I think it's a must' – Kilkenny icon offers TJ Reid advice ahead of Leinster final battle vs Galway
RICHIE Hogan has implored Kilkenny to keep on utilising TJ Reid strictly as a presence in the full-forward line.
The ageing legend is 37 nowadays and while he
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Fitness-obsessive Reid runs a gym for work
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Hogan is also a former Hurler of the Year
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He did, however, settle on Reid being deployed at 14 as "a must".
Hogan told
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"Clearly he's not the same player he once was but he is still incredibly effective and I'd expect him to be incredibly effective again on Sunday.
"I think the last couple of years I feel he was maybe trying to do too much.
"Y'know he was trying to run everywhere...win puck-outs...trying to go inside then at times...
"Whereas now he's on the square and that's his focus. Give him the ball and he'll put it over the bar.
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"And he's already got four goals in three or four Championship games this year.
"The one against Wexford - that's where you want him. Let the other guys do the hard work.
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"It was the same story in last year's Leinster final. Two mistakes by the Dublin goalkeeper and it was two goals for TJ.
"He doesn't need to be the star controlling the whole game. With TJ, Kilkenny just need to focus on impact rather than output."
IN HIS OWN WORDS
In April the man himself spoke at the outset of the Leinster Championship about
He outlined: 'It's mind over matter. If you allow age to dictate your life, you're on a losing battlefield straight away.
'I never think of my age, I always think of how am I performing, how am I moving, how am I feeling, what's my mindset like, do I want this anymore?
'Do I want to be going training three or four nights a week? That's the big thing. If that want isn't there, that willingness isn't there, then that's the time to go.
'Most of those guys who are over 35, prolonging their career, they still have that willingness to give it everything. That's the big thing.
'You look at the likes of Maldini from AC Milan, Lebron, Ronaldo, Messi.
"I look at all those top, top class players, they're still dedicating their life to it, and you have to. If you want to reach those barriers, you have to be willing to put in the effort.
'Most people think that psychologically you have to get older to reduce things, but you don't. The time you do reduce it, that's when you get left behind.'
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