No. None of Tippâs FF starters did
I would agree with that.
What went wrong for Gearoid OâConor btw?
Strange not to see him start
No, but got nothing only ball lamped on top of him. He is the only potentially topforwatd that lined out for them yesterday I think.
Donât agree. He hasnât the stomach for it.
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Heâs probably the other man with potential given his size. I donât know. He was good for UL. Lack of aggression?
I donât think heâs anything special tbh
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Heâd remind me a lot of Lar.
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Needs the right people around him but I think he is an elite finisher and goal taker.
Maybe heâll develop into one but I wouldnât put him in the same universe as Lar or a prime Seamus Callinan or anything like that
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Yeah, definitely not at the minute. He has the look of the traditional quick, classy Tipp forward but he has to go and do it.
OâConnor has size and hurling. I thought he was carrying a lot of responsibility in the tipp forward when I saw them live and taking frees
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She hasnât been the same since herself and big Ivan parted ways.
They should maybe stick him at 11 and let him get on with it. Forde is a lovely player but canât lead an attack. He is almost a luxury at the minute.
Looks like for the second year in a row thereâll be barely be a good game of hurling after the mini blitz/round robin shite.
Dunno where youâd put him.
I only saw the last 10 minutes of the Galway-Tipp match live, but watched it back there.
Galwayâs best performance under Henry? If they had somehow managed to lose that game, theyâd have been absolutely sickened, they were comfortably the better team imo.
The first 15 minutes or so were really poor from both teams. Lots of potshots from out the field, very little quality in deliveries. But where Galway actually seemed to learn from that, and began to deliver some nice ball in, Tipp just never did. It was crazy stuff from them, there seemed to be no plan to work the ball into the full-forward line. Iâd have a certain amount of sympathy for Kehoe & Callanan hooked at half-time, they got fuck all service. When Galway stopped Tipp running at them from deep, Tipp had very little else. I know Galway were playing a sweeper, but even the height on the deliveries was very poor.
The game probably should have been over by half-time, you would expect Whelan to take his two goal chances but did well to take the one after half-time. Has Barrett ever been roasted as badly as that? Attacked every ball but Whelan eased him off way too easily. And Kevin Cooney caused a lot of problems for Breen aswell, I thought he played well, although his decision when to shoot can be very rash, same as his brother who hit some woeful wides from out the field.
In general, I think Galway just had more individuals who played well as well as a more cohesive gameplan. Which perhaps hasnât always been the case under Henry, so thatâs a big positive. CianĂĄn Fahy did really well, Cathal Mannion reads the game excellently and pops the ball around, Padraig Mannion hit some great ball inside, Joseph Cooney other than his shooting was excellent, DaithĂ Burke was powerful at 6.
For Tipp, not until Gearoid OâConnor came on did they have a bit of oomph around their half-forward line, youâd really have to wonder how he didnât start, heâs been one of their best players this year. Seamus Kennedy seemed to be one of their only players who actually got his head up and looked to play a proper pass, Tipp just lumped the ball way too much.
They struggled on their own puckouts a bit, Galwayâs height & physicality around their own half-back line made an impact. Tipp did stay in touch because of Shelly, largely. And got their goal, maybe could have sneaked it. Some response to the goal though with the point from Monahan after some great play from Jason Flynn & Fahy. Monahan made a big impact from the bench, Conor Cooney maybe not so much.
I would have much preferred to play Tipp than Galway; without Finn, be interesting to see how we cope with Whelan. You would imagine we wonât hit as much brainless ball as Tipp but Galway are very physical too and itâll be some battle around the breaking ball. If they give us a spare man, our accuracy will from outside will have to be a lot better if the supply to Gillane is shut-off by a sweeper.
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Forde in a Tipp team going well or any team going well is an unbelievable asset. I thought he looked very caught for pace yesterday.
Be has so much hurling but is hardly a candidate for the half back line. I donât know tbh.
Weâre injured between the ears.
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JF turned out a bluffer, same as yesterday, any time the going got proper tough.
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Probably trying to get away from @flattythehurdler harrassing him for tickets
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