Tipperary v Wexford: Has Davy Fitz digested the lessons of cultish devotion to Plan A?

Forget the fuss, enjoyable and merited and necessary as it has been, about Wexford for a minute. The outcome of this one will be decided by whether Tipperary want to win or not. The margin of the outcome will be decided by how badly they want to win. As simple and clinical as that.

While the lads in purple and gold are the team of the moment it’s the other crowd who’ll set the temperature today. If the All-Ireland champions aren’t too bothered about winning it may possibly be Wexford’s day. If they are it won’t. After that it’ll be a matter of the degree to which the underdogs manage to choke the supply to their opponents’ full-forward line.

Apologies if the above sounds about as wild and colourful as a government white paper, and unforgivably so given the presence on the sideline tomorrow of that most colourful of managers. But that’s the problem when trying to prognosticate league games. Which side are up for it? If both are, which side are more up for it?