Babs quotes from the past

“That was shite, lad. I don’t know where ye get ye’re standards from but I can tell ye that shite is not good enough for Tipperary” - Half-time speech from 1987.

"You can't win derbies with donkeys" before Tipperary played Cork in 1990.

"... like sheep running around in a heap" Keating's thoughts on the performance of his Offaly team when losing the 1998 Leinster final.

"He's making it look like Offaly players are idiots and undisciplined. It's stupid and unfair." Offaly's Johnny Pilkington reacts to his manager's criticism. Keating resigns.

"Babs Keating 'resigned' as coach because of illness and fatigue. The players were sick and tired of him" Offaly fan in 1998.

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