Talking Points: Bigger postmortem to be held in Waterford than Tipperary

Some straws in the wind provide a hint of things to come

22 May 2022; Waterford manager Liam Cahill before the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 5 match between Clare and Waterford at Cusack Park in Ennis, Clare. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Summer blues for Tipp and Waterford 

After he was mugged by a combination of Liam Fennelly and Matt Ruth for the dubious goal that decided the 1982 Leinster final Damien Martin, the Offaly goalkeeper, sighed that he was going home to “keep the rooks out of the corn for the summer”. Whatever way the quote might be reformatted for the 21st century, Colm Bonnar and Liam Cahill will empathise with Martin’s combination of resignation and realism. To paraphrase the poet: “This is how the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. And, worse still, on the 22nd of May.”