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Wed 07 Jul 2007Masters and Cork primed to strikeIan O'Riordantalks to Cork forward James Masters, who is acutely aware of the danger of taking Louth for granted in next Saturday's third-round qualifierIn any football qualifier draw there are teams you'd rather avoid and teams you don't mind getting - and so it worked out with Cork against Louth. After the narrow two-point defeat to Kerry in the Munster final, Cork remain definite All-Ireland contenders, and one of the teams everyone wanted to avoid.