Who's going to make the cut for hurling's new seven-team elite?

What we do know is two established Liam MacCarthy Cup teams are not going to make the cut.

ZERO FROM TWO: Cork manager Pat Ryan after the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A match between Cork and Kilkenny. Pic: Eóin Noonan, Sportsfile

“In the night, in the kitchen.” – David Peace, "Red or Dead".

You can’t imagine Pat Ryan clearing his kitchen table to pour over the current Division 1A table like Peace’s Bill Shankly did Liverpool’s league positions.