Here’s an interesting question. Granted, it may be a little too deep and existential, not to mention downright unanswerable, for a Saturday morning, but let that pass.

They’re a promising young team, they’re on an upward curve, they have their best days ahead of them, they’re managed by a man who saw it all and did it all during his own playing days and tomorrow in Thurles they face a team who’ve seen it all and done it all over the past couple of seasons.

Cork and Tipp tomorrow on an afternoon so pregnant with permutations you feel almost tempted to stand up and gallantly offer it your seat.

I was talking to a Kilkenny hurler of the 1960s and 70s lately (And before you ask, no, it wasn’t Eddie Keher).

Q Have Waterford lost the confidence of their own fans?

A four-letter acronym, beloved of evangelical Christians. WWJD. What Would Jesus Do? It has a hurling equivalent. WWCD. What Would Cody Do?