Size will definitely matter when ‘big’ two clash in semi

Where to start with this strangest of days in Croke Park?

Best to start at the finish and shortly after 5.30pm yesterday, the two best teams of the four contenders on show, Cork and Donegal, could start to eye each other across the dance floor.

Cork got to the semi-final at the end of the month by dent of an awesome second-half performance when they blew Kildare off the park with a showing we all thought was in them but suspected might be slow in coming given their lay-off after the Munster championship.