The Tipperary GAA Discussion Thread

Time will tell.

Yeah now is the time. Another stinker of a season and Tipperary will be miles behind. You can definitely focus on conditioning but alot of the Tipp players are naturally light boned and average height. You need a frame to put the muscle on. Like for me Jake Morris isn't strong enough yet. What has he been doing in the gym.. Hes not the only one. Kilkenny have come on leaps and bounds in conditioning. Eoin Cody and Adrian Mullen are in great shape. How Lawlor is a natural athlete without being a powerhouse. TJ is in amazing shape. The question lots of teams are left with are 'yes' we can condition guys but we aren't going to make a Kyle Hayes and Hegarty.

One other thing, I'll be glad to see Tommy Dunne gone, I felt our skills have declined in recent years, slow passing, passes too high or bouncing in front of players. Really felt we were stagnating that way.

In Sunday's All Ireland there was amazing fielding and some of the passing was so snappy and sharp.

Well, yeah, workrate is your starting point and not an end point.

I really hope Cahill doesn't try to copy or solely counter what the Limerick game plan is. A lot of counties are doing that. And trying to match their players with size. You'll never beat them at their own game.

He has to come up with something different. Something they haven't seen before. There's no way Tipp would have beaten KK in 2010 by trying to copy them. You've got to come up with something different. I think he'll do that. But he must have a few ways of playing.

what Laffan are you referring to?

I know how long Tommy Dunne has been coaching Tipperary, and i know what could be seen on the field in the last few years. I believe that we stagnated in the skills department. I certainly don't believe that we progressed in the last few years skills wise.

Cahill has made a bad situation worse with that statement. Shur Waterford didn't puck a ball in the Championship and he's telling Colm Bonnar that it's a results driven business. Who checked that statement before it was released..

Cahill is an excellent coach but there's questions around his man management in Waterford and he does put his foot in it at times. I'm sure he'll do well but it's gonna take way longer than people may think. I dont see them getting out of Munster next year.

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Looking in from the outside and being brutally honest i think ye have a better manager now but that statement from county board was shockingly ill judged in terms of wording. Cahill did a great job overall in Waterford bar the last month or so which is the only big question mark i can see against him.

What did Shane Brophy do now? He has his Twitter account locked again.

Tommy Dunne being heavily linked to Laois now.

I'm very happy that Liam and Mikey have been reading my posts about Laffan 🤣🤣

Seriously, though - good appointments:

Following his appointment as Tipperary senior hurling manager earlier this week, Liam Cahill has now finalised his management team.

Having already named Michael Bevans as coach, Liam Cahill has added a further 3 selectors who will all add a vast amount of experience and knowledge to the management team.

Thurles Sarsfield’s Padraic Maher who was an outstanding servant to Tipperary hurling as a player, making a total of 30 championship appearances in the blue and gold, winning 3 All Ireland senior hurling titles and 6 All Star awards as well as a total of 7 county senior hurling titles for his club Thurles Sarsfields where he is currently a member of the senior hurling management team. Padraic retired from playing for both club and county earlier this year on medical advice.

Loughmore-Castleiney’s Declan Laffan has proven himself to be a top class manager and coach at club level and has guided his native parish to numerous county titles at various levels. In 2013 he was at the helm when the Mid Tipperary club claimed an historic double, winning the Tipperary senior hurling and football championships becoming the first ever Tipperary club to do so. Declan is currently the manager of Laois side Clough Ballacolla, who he has guided to county senior hurling success in 2020 and 2021.

Clonoulty Rossmore’s TJ Ryan has previously worked as a selector with Liam Cahill at minor, under 20 and under 21 level and was an integral part of a management team that was responsible for guiding Tipperary to several Munster and All Ireland titles in those grades. TJ will bring a vast amount of experience and knowhow to the Tipperary senior hurling set up. TJ has previously managed Clonoulty Rossmore’s senior hurling team and was the man in charge when they reached county finals in 2010 and 2011.

The Tipperary senior hurling management team appointments will now go to the next county committee meeting for final ratification.