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Seánie McGrath: Cork flip-flopping symptomatic of how hurlers have divided opinion

Cian Lynch is a conundrum for Cork in the Munster final. It is far too simple to say follow him everywhere. That will only create problems elsewhere. 
Seánie McGrath: Cork flip-flopping symptomatic of how hurlers have divided opinion

Darragh Fitzgibbon had a tough time against Limerick last month but it would be a great test for him to go back into the lion's den for the Munster final on Saturday. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

I’ve never come across a fixture that has spawned such differing public opinion - and that’s just on the Cork side of the house.

There’s some amount of local flip-flopping on; was their mind games at play the last time we went to the Gaelic Grounds, were we holding back a small bit, and were we better off losing if it was the first of a Cork-Limerick summer trilogy. Then there are others who feel we won’t get within an ass’s roar of them this weekend and more again who feel we are heading back to Limerick through the long grass.

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