John Mullane

You know, I think he's the type of style that I, that he,

I would be thinking he would be something similar to, you know?

you know one of them in their career and one of them in their career to date would be Dan Shannon and Stephen Bennett like I remember Dan Shannon lads you know he would have been starting off in 98 would have been kind of would have been alright when he came on the scene you know early doors 20-21 years of age with the likes of Ken and Dave Bennett then he kind of had a couple of years then 0-1 0-2

zero, three, kind of, I wouldn't say he struggled but probably wasn't, probably didn't believe in himself enough and probably, you know, probably wasn't given probably enough decent opportunities to go and become the player that he was and then I suppose Jerry Fitzpatrick came in with Waterford and

More or less put the arm around Dan and kind of, you know, I think Jerry Fitzpatrick was probably the making of Dan Shannon.

Then 0-4.

One match then in 0-4, he scored three goals against Clare.

And next thing, he just went that way.

Just took off goals, goals, goals, points, points, points.

Then 0-5, 0-6, 0-7, he became hurler of the year.

Just became a goal machine, got a hurler of the year.

So he's the perfect example from my time.

And then you look at Stephen Bennett, his time in Waterford, when you look back, even when Waterford got to the All-Ireland in 2017.

He didn't play under Derek and probably didn't fit into Derek's system.

And it was only then, to be fair to him, it was only when Porik Fanon became manager that Porik Fanon said... He put him under freeze, John, didn't he, in 2019?

Porik Fanon put him under freeze.

And made him the main guy.

And then all of a sudden, under Torek Fanon, he excelled.

And then he just went on to a totally different level than under Liam Cahill in 2020 and 2021.

And now look at him now, lads.