A clear sense of how Cork are going to set up and play

After such an emphatic and impressive win as they produced on Saturday night, the Cork management and players will have spoken in the dressing room afterwards about aspects of the game that can be improved upon — highlighting Tipperary’s seven-day turnaround as a disadvantage and cautioning getting carried away before a Munster final.

All very reasoned and sensible things to do. However as a fan, it was fantastic coming away from a victory for the Cork footballers delivered by a performance of real quality against a side many have tipped for a place in the Super 8s.

Therefore I am going to brush aside concerns about the early concession of goal chances and the 15 minutes in the middle of the second half where Tipperary scored five unanswered points, halving the deficit to just five points with 10 minutes to play.