Pat Ryan

It's not looking good.

I know I see Adrian Mullen played league this weekend for Ballyhale Shamrocks.

So I presume he'll be back in this.

I know, look, were they looking too far ahead?

He started for Ballyhale Shamrocks the weekend...

and played a league game should he have been in Tullamore and been coming on for 15 or 20 minutes did they look did they look ahead of going to Tullamore should they have done you know after they've seen how Dublin struggled in Tullamore should they have brought Adrian Mullen with them instead of him you know where they iron him up for a Linster final by having him play a full league game with the club I don't know it doesn't you know it doesn't look good in hindsight now I know hindsight is easy to have but

If he was fit enough to start for the club, maybe he should have been in Tullamore coming on with 15 minutes to go.

well look it's very interesting and especially the first one you said Mull about will say the two teams that get to the Joe McDonagh final playing possibly the bottom two in Leinster of some sort that's very interesting I'd have to digest that a bit more now and actually hear more what you're talking about there but no no no no two don't oh sorry sorry so seven goes down sorry seven goes down and then six plays the winners of the Joe McDonagh automatically come up and six play a playoff with the finalists

That is very interesting though, right?

Yeah, no, look, that's very interesting, right?

And I'd like to hear a bit more about that even.

But to me, there's kind of... I'm surprised it hasn't been said by any... There is kind of... I don't want to say the word obvious, but there is a more...

kind of obvious one it sees but some people half of the hurling world you could call in Munster would throw off their clothes they'd go mad

But realistically, lads, even everyone in Munster, what do they all tell you at the start of the year?

Oh, we just want to get out.

We want to get to the All-Ireland Series, right?

But then there's obviously great tradition and history in Munster.

Like, is the obvious thing not to just play your traditional knockout provincial championships?

So, your quarter-final, two semi-finals and final in Munster, your quarter-finals and semi-final in Munster.

And then you would say the winners of the John McDonagh come up this year and you mix the six on six.