We’ve been too nice in Waterford, and we’ve paid the ultimate price

You could say that right from the off Waterford were off. Before the ball was even thrown in down in Limerick last Sunday, or indeed before a ball was ever thrown in this summer.

I’ll start with our last game first, even though it was probably just symptomatic of the issues that have plagued our whole championship.

I know too much can sometimes be read into warm-ups but it didn’t surprise me when John Kiely said afterwards that he just knew once his team’s was complete that they were ready to go.