Brian Cuthbert’s Cork have serious issues to tackle

Cork manager Brian Cuthbert promised a ‘root and branch examination’ of his side after their shock league final capitulation on Sunday but the question is where does Cuthbert start?

Statistical analysis of the performance against Dublin will offer few crumbs of comfort for Cork’s management. In every department of play, Cork were light years behind Dublin.

For example, Cork’s tackle count was just 52, compared to Dublin’s 76.