We can’t say we didn’t see it coming.

Passion. Spirit. Fire. Brimstone. All the words so commonly associated with a good Limerick hurling performance before Sunday and afterwards.

It’s getting silly now. No, we don’t mean the administration of the black card in championship games. Joe McQuillan has shown himself like David Coldrick to be quite the human. Boo. Shame on him.

The GPA are increasing their efforts to assist members deal with the pressure and demands of being a modern inter-county player.

Some might say it was a curse. Before David Coldrick there was Kevin Walsh.

If you can, try to put your championship expectations aside for one second and consider it’s Central Council time again on Saturday week.

Doing the rounds on the internet at the moment is a hilarious caricature of a bandwagon Dublin supporter standing on Hill 16.

There has been no shortage of sympathy for Limerick hurling in this column.

This writer was nine years old when 96 lives were lost in Hillsborough this day in 1989.

From next month to September, 45 Championship games will be shown live on TV.