What’s gone wrong in Limerick?

AS I made my way from Croke Park yesterday I met a number of people, from different counties, and all were saying more or less the same thing – “shocking match, you won’t have much to write about.”

Well, they’re wrong, because, after a massacre like we saw in Croke Park in this All-Ireland semi-final, there’s lots to be said.

The first thing I want to talk about is Tipperary, especially the management team of Liam Sheedy, Michael Ryan and Eamonn O’Shea. They came to Croke Park last year for another All-Ireland semi-final, got caught against Waterford – and I mean ‘got caught’, because if they had been properly focused, Tipp would have won that match – and they learned their lesson. In typical Tipperary fashion they took the loss on the chin, no complaints, but this year they were ready.