All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (Liam McCarthy Cup) 2021

Also it's impossible to prove who is the first group of fans ever to boo or who does it most and you know that.

I think there's some people getting carried away about Cork's "winning a lot" underage. They have won one under 20 title since 1998 and no minor since 2001.

They won today against a fading Kilkenny team and, yeah, there's some people who have decided to react with excitement rather than scepticism about the fact that they needed extra time to do it. But let's not invent imaginary underage titles to help the story along.

To be fair I don’t think people are giving Limerick the respect they deserve, and I don’t particularly like them but I have to concede they are awesome.

Exactly where cork best Limerick I don’t know, they may match the stamina but certainly not the physicality

Horgan had 5 points inside 20 minutes today, can’t see Limerick been as loose as Kilkenny were today

Stand out of the weekend for me, along with the performances of the two O'Ds in the middle, think Cork going to have their work cut out for them trying to curtail their influence.

Also thought cork sprayed in some nice ball for Horgan. Both kilkenny and Tipp persisted with dropping bombs this summer, no future in it.

Its fairly superfluous crap alright. No inter-county hurler is that type of player or they wouldn't be playing inter-county.

I wasn't at match yesterday so it can be hard to see from TV, but Waterford seemed to be playing a sweeper most of the time. I was wondering why the lads marking Flanagan and Gillane didn't mark their men from the outside rather than the traditional goal side, like a sweeper is kind of redundant against good diagonal ball unless the marking backs play from the outside of their men and trust the protection of the sweeper on the goal side - Obviously serious communication and concentration needed to swap markers when they are switching sides etc, but I think teams should be able to better than Waterford did yesterday when they have 3 backs v 2.

I think some people are getting carried away with Limerick. How many times do you beat the same team twice in a year? What's the most Limerick have beaten Cork in a row in championship hurling? I'd be surprised if they'd ever beaten them 3 encounters on the trot, seeing as they've won their last 2 championship outings against Cork.

It's all well and good beating weaker counties in All-Ireland finals, another ball game beating one of the big 3, Cork will be a huge test for Limerick to prove their supposed greatness. History can leave a big shadow, Cork are a hurling giant, Limerick a minnow by contrast. This will play a part from a psychological perspective

Cork stuttered and let that game go to extra time, but should of won comfortably at the first time of asking. They got over that psychological hurdle in the end anyway.

Cork are a skillfull team, and therefore a confidence team. The confidence was down the first time against Limerick, but they are very much on the crest of a wave now. Once Corks game clicks, they can blitz you off the field as KK found from the 45 minute mark. This Cork team will be a very different prospect from the one Limerick beat first day out.

Yeah, that's the same one isn't it?

I remember the Cork 21s getting done by tipp in the 2018 all Ireland and it was pretty clear they were an outstanding crop, even if they didn't win. People get obsessed about winning under age titles but the primary goal is bringing quality players through. Any team can be leaving likes of Kingston and Dalton on the bench certainly got a few options anyway.

You could also flip it by asking if Eoin Murphy was really outstanding when you factor in his puckouts which were often picked straight to a Cork defender.

If there's only one then "the most recent" isn't relevant. I have no idea who you are so the "good to have you back" reference is as baffling to me as the Tipperary match one. You may be confusing me with someone else.

How does the history thing work in the last ten minutes?

I think that about sums it up.

The game sunday was a classic, two well matched teams with massive amounts of skill on display.

Cork deserved to come out on top, and they put in their best performance of the season so far.

But Limerick are another level to Cork, in terms of physicality and size they are much further down the road than Cork and we know that from their meeting in the Munster semi-final.

Cork have given themselves the chance of beating limerick by winning the semi final, but i think that its only a very very slim chance that they have.

Very little is made recently of the physicality of Limerick, they are streets ahead of everyone in size while still maintaining their mobility and speed

Take the two wing backs. Kyle Hayes and Tim OMahony.

Both excellent hurlers tall and fit who can make long threatening runs upfield all day. Brilliant under the high ball and have the ability to get the head up and pick a pass or take on a scoring chance.

But physically Hayes is far stronger, if you put them side by side you would wonder if one was a high jumper and one a rugby second row, the difference on the pitch is that Where Tim lost the ball at the end of normal time Hayes would have broken the tackle or kept it and drawn a free.

Any team can get away with having one or two smaller players who rely on speed, but overall very few if any of the matchups in a Cork Vs Limerick game have the Cork player with the upper hand physically and over 70 minutes that decides a lot.

Only difference between Limerick and Galway is that that was Galway's first win

And they struggled over Tipperary in the semi final. Limerick are using Tipperary as toilet paper.

Yes, there was hype about Galway's size at the time but there's where they comparison ends. It's hard to say that a team going for a third All Ireland in four years in in the realm of 'hype' if we take the word in its true meaning of exaggeration. If there's any 'hype' about the All Ireland finalists it's not to do with Limerick.

When was the last time Cork was in an All Ireland final ?

Some of this team have only played in one and some none at all. What Cork done in the All Ireland final in 19dickedy2 has no bearing on this year. I do agree they have improved a lot since the start of the year though