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Liam Sheedy ‘gets to the point' as he cuts across fellow RTE pundit Donal Og Cusack with brutal verdict of Cork collapse

LIAM Sheedy and Donal Óg Cusack were on the Sunday Game punditry team for the post game analysis when Sheedy cut across his fellow RTE pundit. Donal Óg spent most of the post match analysis trying to find a reason for Advertisement 2 The RTE panel got a small bit heated at full time Credit: @thesundaygame 2 Despite being red-hot favourites Cork fell to a second half annihilation by Tipp The All-Ireland final was well and truly a game of two halves as Cork led The three-time All-Ireland winner with "But in that second half once the momentum swung it just felt as if there was nothing that Cork could do to get back into the game." Sheedy butted in ahead of Donal Óg to give his blunt view on the Cork second half performance. Advertisement Read more on GAA The "That level of performance is not something you'd expect from that Cork team from what we witnessed all year. "So whether it was the pressure of the All-Ireland final or what, they were a shell of themselves." Donal Óg tried to get back to his reasoning of the scalping saying: "I don't think it was the pressure like we said the points it was 2/15." Advertisement Most read in GAA Hurling Comment But the Portroe man wasn't finished making his point asking the former Cork goalkeeper: "Can you remember a performance that was as bad over a 35 minute period over the last two years?" Donal Óg answered no to the question adding: "Cork have been consistent over the last few years, they've won the league, they've won the Munster Championship. Ronan Maher pays tribute to Dillon Quirke after Tipperary GAA win All-Ireland final "The whole view was being obscured by Dublin were so bad. Limerick were so bad they gave the opportunity to Dublin. "We all want Dublin to be back, I don't want to take anything from them. But it was like as if everyone's views were obscured. Advertisement "And I said it Friday morning, that was the lens that we were viewing Cork on. "There was a huge difference between what Cork faced a couple weeks ago and here and it definitely didn't do Cork any value now looking back at it."