Cork warned they won't win All-Ireland without key player
That is the opinion of former Limerick star Niall Moran, who feels the odds are tipped in the favour of Tipperary if Harnedy doesn't start the All-Ireland final.
Harnedy has been a key man once again for Cork this season, however, he missed last weekend's quarter-final rout win over Dublin with a hamstring issue.
His replacement Declan Dalton excelled at Croke Park, notching five points in an extremely impressive display, but even so, Moran feels Cork's hopes of winning rest on Harnedy's ability to start the final.
"He has to find a place for Seamie Harnedy," Moran said on RTE Radio's Game On. "In my book, Cork don't win any All-Ireland without him. Who will be the unlucky person to miss out?"
After Saturday's win over Dublin, Cork boss Pat Ryan gave an update on Harnedy: "Séamus will be touch and go. Hopefully he might be back in next Tuesday. We'll see how it goes."
"Everyone is missing players but obviously missing Séamus is a huge blow to our team. It's a huge blow to himself firstly. But we'd be confident that he'll hopefully be able to take some part in it.
'Our medical staff are working hard on it and Séamus is working hard himself. He's putting every day into it and there's a lot of recovery needed for that.
'What'll happen is if he's right, he's right. If he's not right, we'll go with what we have. We have great confidence in the lads we have."
While Cork have been the best team in the land all year, Moran believes the pressure on their shoulders of ending a 20-year drought could play into Tipp's hands.
"The real weight of expectation is going to be on one team and one team only and that's Cork.
"If Cork are only a point or two up, with 10 minutes left, how will the psychology of that work for them?
"Whose camp would you prefer to be preparing for? I definitely think Liam Cahill has all the aces up his sleeve in terms of that.
"Can Tipp bring that level of performance and a little bit extra? It's not beyond them."
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