Why Cork and Waterford's shared need for victory makes this a must-watch game, by AnthonyNash6
Anthony Nash JEOPARDY, PERIL, CONSEQUENCE – whatever way you want to label it, the Munster championship has games that count this weekend.
In this moment, however, nobody could spin a defeat for Waterford or Cork, Clare or Limerick into a positive. It’s all on the line now. So were the Rebels to lose to Waterford, then they’ve really got to beat Tipp and either Clare in Ennis or Limerick on the Ennis Road to have a chance of making progress. You could make the fair point that any team with All-Ireland aspirations has to win games like these, yet the piranha tank that is Munster is a stark contrast to Leinster, where the big teams don’t have to be on their mettle in every game.
John Kiely took umbrage at the media for praising his side, calling it a “softening up exercise”. As one of the many who extolled Limerick’s play, I certainly wasn’t trying to soften anybody up, just dispense due credit for what I’d seen with my own eyes, and played against in previous years.I’m surprised Kiely was occupied by this. I know that sports psychologists, of which Caroline Currid is a renowned one, help squads to keep the inside in and the outside out.
I think they can edge Waterford but they will have to equal or better the mileage and exertions of their opponents. It’s a lot easier to write that than to do it. But that is what Pat Ryan is about. He has made it clear that a certain workrate and attitude is required – and it has to be delivered consistently. After a promising winter, you could not say the requisite endeavour was there against Kilkenny in the league semi-final.
If Cork’s attitude is one per cent shy of Waterford’s then there’s only one winner here. Waterford will crowd the middle third, they will run hard and hit harder and use their considerable skill on the ball. If a Calum Lyons breaks forward and is not tracked every single time, then it’s over. If Waterford’s runners are tracked and the hooking and tackling is effective, then there can be gaps to exploit after turnovers – but you have to make it happen.
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