Hard working, unselfish, athletic players who can do the basics very well are nothing to be sniffed it; the key ingredient would be a really good hurling brain.
I wouldnât be surprised if a good few of them make it in the long run, could complement the lads they have there already very nicely.
God yes absolutely but that progress wasnt obvious . I genuinely admired them last year after seeing the trimming they got from cork in Munster final . Great bunch of lads and was happy for them .
I thought they might have given Noel McGrathâs younger brother a run at full back, looking to the future and all that, the chap on the tag in the other corner
So, broad agreement on the Tipp team then.
Tipp have classy hurlers but I wouldnât say theyâre the best stick men by a mile. Cork are at least as skillful.
It does give great pleasure to say though that I genuinely believe that Tipp are fucked and Iâd be surprised if they qualified from munster this year
Limerick have no stick men. Or Galway either. Weâre just puffed up financially doped gym monkeys. Sure Declan Hannon has only one side.
Jaysus, no need to be getting so defensive, just because I didnât mention Limerick.
I just picked out another county (Cork) thatâs not my own as an example. Didnât want to be bigging ourselves up too much.
Point is that thereâs a lot of lazy analysis and clichĂŠs when it comes to hurling and this Tipp team (theyâve the best wristy hurlers, best stick men, classiest hurlersâŚ). So many pundits say it that it then becomes almost accepted as fact
I was being sarcastic mate, this is the INTERNET
You were being a patronising old cunt
Sunday will be interesting enough . I hope Dublin really put it up to our boys . They have strength and athleticism and will be anxious to perform .
I assume Waterford will want to keep momentum going to further get last yearâs dirty diesel out of system . Hard to know what Galway will be like .
If Limerick win then Galway would be the ideal opponent both teams will have a cut and it would add more spice to an already simmering rivalry from last August, I donât want to see Waterford and @Fagan_ODowd until it really matters.
Waterford reinvented hurling last weekend.
Iâll fucking smash you like teenager Conor Boylan did to big Pawdeee Maher if you keep going, fucking behave yourself
Relax mate, I was just being sarcastic
Iâll bust you like GearĂłid Hegarty busted Barry Heffernan
Watch your fucking mouth or youâll be picking your teeth up off the ground like Seamus Callanan was after Barry Hennessy levelled him
Thatâs the spirit
Sweet Jesus, this is why I stopped reading the limerick gaa thread.
Tipp are a funny one to call alright. They have that potent mix in the forwards that could win a game in ten minutes by blitzing a team with something like 2-5 without reply.
However the age profile of their main men is worrying. Paudie, Brendan, Noel Mc, Bonner, Barry, Callinan are all around the 30 mark and are lacking serious pace. I donât think they can put winning performances back to back in the current format. The main men of the other Munster counties are around the 25 mark and have pace.
Agree with that. Loughnane wrote them off last year at half time v Cork but I think he mightnât have been too far wrong. In fairness, Callanan at his peak from around 2014 to 2016 was probably the one of the most dangerous, consistent inside forwards who has played the game. P Maher has been an outstanding wing back for a decade