The seamless manner in which Waterford’s new hurling management has clicked with the players augers well for a third league final appearance in five years, according to former Déise defender Brian Flannery.

The executive of the Waterford County Board is meeting on Thursday to discuss the resignation of Waterford minor football manager Tom Flynn, who quit the post last week following a dispute over dual players.

Diarmuid O’Sullivan has admitted he’s haunted by Cork’s second-half collapse against Waterford last August and he acknowledged the management team got some big calls wrong.

Waterford’s Stephen Bennett has appealed for patience from the county’s success-starved supporters — insisting there’s no guarantee of senior glory on the back of U21 heroics.