Cody plays down four-in-a-row talk
Don't expect any rash statements from Brian Cody over the next couple of weeks about Kilkenny’s date with destiny as they seek to make it four-in-a-row in the All-Ireland hurling final.
He talked it off this time last year as they chased three in-a-row and he was singing the same tune yesterday after another notable success over gallant Waterford.
"To be part of the build-up to an All-Ireland final is where every player and everybody involved wants to be,’’ he said, adding: "It has nothing to do with ‘anything in-a-row.’ I will be here next Sunday just to sit back and relax and enjoy Limerick playing Tipperary and see what happens. And then we can focus on whichever team that is going to be.’’
It was put to him that victory next month would be seen as confirming their place in history as arguably the best team of all time, but he wasn’t for turning. His response was that their build-up to the final will be in Nowlan Park – in other words, not through the pages of the media or over the airwaves.
"It won’t be behind closed doors, it will just be in Nowlan Park and that will be it,’’ he added. Ye’re (media) build-up will just take on a different dimension. Ye’ll have to do as ye do and we’ll do as we do and sometimes we’ll get together and talk about it.
"But that will be it. It will be different agendas.’’
