Brian Carroll says Offaly will have revenge on their minds when they face Cork in Saturday's All-Ireland hurling qualifier at Tullamore. The Coolderry sharpshooter played two years ago when the Faithful County crashed to a humiliating 0-11 to 1-27 defeat to the Rebels in their only previous qualifier meeting at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. "It was one of the worst defeats for Offaly," he remembers. "Cork wiped the floor with us. We were badly prepared, our minds were not right. And you don't go into a situation like that against Cork with the hurlers they have - no better team to punish you. "They will fire over points all day, they will run through you, they will offload the ball - they have super hurlers all over the field, far too experienced to try and face in a situation like that." Carroll feels Offaly can have no complaints about being underdogs for Saturday's game after their capitulation to Wexford in the Leinster SHC quarter-final. "You can't blame people, Cork have a super team at the moment. We were hugely disappointing against Wexford, we didn't perform on the day, gave away a couple of soft goals. "We seemed to be doing alright at times, but we were not clinical enough and failed to score a couple of penalties. Cork ran Tipp close so as far as the public are concerned, they are 10 points a better team than us. We would be hopeful that getting them at home, we are going to give them a rattle at least." Tweet

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