Peter Queally: 'Even if it's cards with the mother, Davy wants to win'

Selector Peter Queally senses the expectation is that Waterford will be cannon fodder and wants the players to block out the noise and focus on themselves

NEW TEAM: Manager Davy Fitzgerald, centre, with coaches Peter Queally, left, and Eoin Kelly during a Waterford hurling squad portraits session at SETU Arena in Carriganore, Waterford. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Waterford, a land of fire and ice and going by the slow ticket sales for Sunday’s game against Limerick in Thurles it’s a tundra right now.

Selector Peter Queally sensed it. Facing the All-Ireland champions in a format where they have lost 10 of 12 occasions, expectations are zilch in sharp contrast to this time last year when they entered the Munster SHC as Division 1 champions with talk of a trilogy with Limerick ringing in their ears.