Michael Duignan: Waterford don't respond well to pressure

A week is a long time in hurling, especially if you're a follower of Waterford.

Last week the Déise were the only side who could really put it up to three-in-a-row chasing Limerick. Seven days later they know that a win on Sunday won't guarantee them hurling into June.

Victory for Cork over Tipperary at Thurles would make the result from Ennis between Clare and Waterford irrelevant. Were the Rebels to lose, then a draw would be enough to see Liam Cahill's men advance by the skin of their teeth.

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So where did it all go wrong for the Allianz League champions at the weekend against Cork?

"One thing that has concerned me, even when they're going well, is their decision making under pressure is not good," Michael Duigan told the RTÉ GAA Podcast.

"They take the wrong option. Even the likes of Aussie [Gleeson] going back 130 yards to take a free, or taking a line ball from 90 yards, and putting it wide.

"These are the types of things that shouldn't happen but are continually happening. Grand when things are going well.

"You see when you're watching them there's an overlap there and the ball should be given and it's not. The man takes the shot and it goes over the bar maybe, but it's still the wrong option.

"Then when the pressure comes on; there was pressure on the last day to win and it didn't happen. There's been pressure on a couple of times over the last few years, and they don't respond well to it.

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