Landers: Whoever gets Cork job, there's sufficient raw material to win an All-Ireland

The Irish Examiner hurling podcast team has been delving into who they see as the ideal candidate, but all agree that the recipient has ample supplies for an All-Ireland tilt.

WHO'S NEXT: there are a number of candidates to replace Kieran Kingston. ©INPHO/Tom Maher

WITH no standout candidate to replace Kieran Kingston as Cork hurling manager, the guessing game will inevitably throw several names into the frame. 

Pat Ryan, Ben O'Connor, Pat Mulcahy and Noel Furlong have all been touted to be in the running thus far. Much has been made of Cork's reluctance to plump for an outside candidate in the past - could they turn to a Liam Sheedy, Davy Fitzgerald, who's already coaching in the county, or even a Paul Kinnerk-type figure, who has had so much success of late alongside John Kiely in Limerick?