Did he score 2-5 off JJ from play in two games or not?
What goal chance did he miss in 14? Eoin Kelly missed an easier chance in 09 than Callanan. Cost Tipp the semi by scoring 3-4 from play on a team where nobody else scored over 2 points from play in 2015. Hilarious stuff
In 2017 He failed miserably against daithi daithi Burke. No goals were scored. When his team needed him he disappeared.
In 21 league games from 2014 to 2017 he scored 12 league goals. That’s 31 goals in 41 games. Call him a bully if you want but that’s extraordinary scoring
No he did not. When jj hooked him while seamus idled in front of the goals. That was 33 year old jj Delaney who was moved back from the half back line as a stop gap.
Waste of time. Callanan was class. Legs are gone but at his peak was unplayable. His peak didn’t last long enough to be considered a GOAT though
He had a penalty to win it and shat it. A bottle job.
I agree about the longevity
Callanan is 9th on the list of All time championship scorers. Only 9 points behind one DJ Carey, in 4 less seasons.
They play more games nowadays with the back door. The scoring average in recent years has gone through the roof. So most of those stats are totally irrelevant.
His head was after being driven into the ground, he shouldn’t have been taking it.
He has played 48 games, Carey played 57. Callanan average is 6 points per game, DJs is 5 per game. Carey was free taker for 10 years for Kilkenny, Callanan for 4 for Tipperary.
Dj would have played Leinster finals and the ireland serious. Callanan racks up huge scores against cannon fodder.
You called him a show pony. The stats don’t back up your assertion. You’re making a fool of yourself.
Podrick Mannion was marking him for the first 60 minutes if I remember correctly
That’s the 2nd time he’s been caught bluffing in the last half hour
DJ didn’t score much from play in All-Ireland finals. He must have been scoring against cannon fodder too.
On 23 February 2014, Callanan scored 3–6 against Kilkenny in round 2 of the hurling league and was man of the match in the semi-final win against Clare where he scored 12 points.[15][16][17]
Callanan scored 2–5 in the replay of the 2014 All-Ireland Hurling Final against Kilkenny, which Tipperary lost by 2–17 to 2–14. In total he scored 9–50 during the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, with 9–16 coming from play to finish as the top scorer in the championship.[18] In October 2014, Callanan won his first All Stars Award after a successful 2014 campaign, being picked at full-forward. He was nominated for Hurler of the Year, but lost out to Richie Hogan of Kilkenny.[19]
On 16 August 2015, Callanan scored 3–9 (3–4 from play) and was awarded the man of the match by the Sunday Game in the one point defeat to Galway in the 2015 All-Ireland Championship Semi-final.[20] Callannan finished the 2015 Championship with a total of 5–20.[21] In October 2015, Callanan was nominated for the Hurler of the Year award, but lost out for a second year running, this time to Kilkenny’s TJ Reid.[22] In November 2015, Callinan picked up his second All Staraward, being picked at full-forward.[23][24]
Callinan started Tipperary’s opening Championship game of 2016 against Cork on 22 May, scoring eight points in a nine-point victory.[25][26] He followed that up by scoring 1-6 against Limerick in the Munster semi-final on 19 June. [27][28] He scored 1-11 against Waterford in the Munster Final victory on 10 July 2016, to win his sixth Munster Senior Hurling medal.[29] On 4 September, Callinan scored 0-9 from play and 0-13 in total as Tipperary won the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, beating Kilkenny on a 2-29 to 2-20 scoreline. Callinan was also named as the man of the match for the final and ended the championship year with a scoring total of 2-47 with 2-16 coming from play. He received his third All Star that November at full-forward, but was sensationally denied the Hurler of the Year for the third year in a row. Despite being the clear favourite to claim the award, Callanan was denied by Waterford’s Austin Gleeson. [30][31][32][33] In November 2016, Callanan was named as the new vice-captain of the Tipperary team for 2017.[34] Callanan has scored totals of 9-50, 5-20 and 2-47 from 2014 to 2016 in 15 championship games with an average of 11 points per game. [35] In December 2016, Callanan was nominated for the 2016 RTÉ Sports Person of the Yearaward.[36]
Don’t think you can argue with those stats. He seems to have scored a shit load from play against probably two of the best teams in the country over that period, Kilkenny and Galway, so I don’t think it was against cannon fodder
He failed miserably against daithi Burke. Who counts the fucking league when talking about great players.
Where Did i mention dj as a true great? Callan is a bottler. He bottled simple goal chances to win games for tipp in 09, 14 and 15. He goes missing at vital moments. He cleaned at his peak 2 yeaes in a row by Richie McCarthy who nationally is regarded as a figure of comedy. He is afriad of daithi Burke.