All-Ireland takeaways: Cork’s ill fortune; Sunday Game Team of the Year; John Kiely eyes the future

Enda McEvoy picks our five weekend takeaways from Limerick's 16-point All-Ireland final victory over Cork

Cork's Patrick Horgan in action against Barry Nash of Limerick at Croke Park. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Cork’s ill fortune

Even when a big match looks like a foregone conclusion beforehand it is not the done thing for previewers to say so. It would be rude. It would be presumptuous. It would leave the door open, however slightly, for the previewers to look very stupid indeed afterwards. Respect for the underdogs means a modicum of circumspection.