{"id":234647,"date":"2026-01-08T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/234647\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:26:13","slug":"eoin-downey-will-use-red-card-disappointment-as-fuel-for-coming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/234647\/","title":{"rendered":"Eoin Downey will use red-card disappointment as fuel for coming season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">While Eoin Downey has put behind him the disappointment of being sent off in last year\u2019s All-Ireland SHC final, he feels it will be used as fuel for the coming season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 22-year-old is busy at present \u2013 he is part of the UCC team that opens its Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup campaign with a derby tie against MTU Cork on Thursday night \u2013 but he feels that Gerry Hussey, the sports psychologist brought in by new manager Ben O\u2019Connor, is a valuable asset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201c\u201cI suppose, yeah, technically it is [a hectic time],\u201d he says, \u201cbut it would be nothing I wouldn&#8217;t be used to. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI suppose the main thing about that timing aspect is just being organised with it. You have to be organised with it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI think our psychologist, Gerry Hussey, is very good at keeping us on top of things like that. It wouldn&#8217;t stress me out, is the way I&#8217;d put it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4924655_2_articleinlinemobile_EOHCorkTippfinal11.jpg\" alt=\"Cork's Eoin Downey walks off the field after being sent off in last year's All-Ireland SHC final against Tipperary at Croke Park. Picture: Eddie O'Hare\" title=\"Cork's Eoin Downey walks off the field after being sent off in last year's All-Ireland SHC final against Tipperary at Croke Park. Picture: Eddie O'Hare\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork&#8217;s Eoin Downey walks off the field after being sent off in last year&#8217;s All-Ireland SHC final against Tipperary at Croke Park. Picture: Eddie O&#8217;Hare<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hussey, who succeeds Gary Keegan, brings a wide variety of experience on the performance-coaching front. While it is still early days, Downey has been encouraged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI think we&#8217;ve only met him twice, I think. In person we&#8217;ve only met him twice. But yeah, we&#8217;ve had a few texts and voice notes and this and that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In terms of the red card against Tipp last July, however, Downey has largely processed things and isn\u2019t overly dwelling on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cYeah, I&#8217;ve moved on to be honest,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cNow, I have no doubt it might come up [in discussions with Hussey], but it doesn&#8217;t linger with me anymore. I won&#8217;t be bringing it up on purpose, if you know what I mean. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBut look, it was a tough challenge to face, being sent off in an All-Ireland final at 22 years of age. I just think that it has to be used as fuel for the coming year, and can&#8217;t be used as a negative. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI think if I just put it that way, I&#8217;d only be going backwards. So there&#8217;s no point in dwelling on the past, just use it as fuel and push on to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                    This season, through its #FirstClassRivals campaign, Electric Ireland will spotlight players from across the Championships in the Electric Ireland \u2018Player POV\u2019 series and continue to celebrate the unique alliances that form between county rivals as they come together in pursuit of some of the most coveted titles across GAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Eoin Downey has put behind him the disappointment of being sent off in last year\u2019s All-Ireland SHC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-234647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}