'Consistency is Cork’s issue, rather than confidence' - John Meyler on longest wait for Liam

Declan Bogue IN THE COURSE of the conversation, John Meyler keeps returning to the absolute critical importance of strength and conditioning in hurling nowadays.

But for now, we are trying to work our way back to a time 20 seasons ago, when Seán Óg hAilpín was lifting Liam MacCarthy for Cork in 2005 with victory over Galway.Unless they produce a shock in De Páirc de Supervalu on Saturday night, they are gone from the All-Ireland race again at the Munster group stages for the second year in a row.

Meyler was on the line for that, just as he had been for the 2017 U21 Cork team that faced Limerick in the Munster final. “From that 2017 All-Ireland winning team, they pushed on, really in terms of maintaining their habits.” “And if you slip up against them, they are in, and they will hurt you. What you want from Cork is an extra 2%, 3% from each player, just to step up.

“I go back to 2018 like, Jesus! And Nickie Quaid saving that shot from Seamus at the edge of the square. It was a small margin and big games are being decided by small margins. Cork just haven’t had that small bit of luck that they need to get over the line,” he reasons. “You will have your coaches, your goalie coaches, your backs coaches, forward coaches, strength and conditioning…

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