ENDA McEVOY: Davy Fitz will have to throw something new at Brian Cody

Nobody likes a spoilsport.

You know, the kind of team who’d go to Wexford Park tonight and, when everyone else is yearning for a home victory, have the temerity to beat the locals and disappoint the nation.

Or the kind of pundit who, when romance and chivalry cry out that he tip Wexford, gets all fusty and logical and declares that while they may confine Kilkenny to a manageable total they’ll almost certainly have trouble compiling a winning tally themselves.