Sheedy aware of problem areas

LIAM SHEEDY couldn’t help but raise a quizzical eyebrow when John McIntyre described Tipperary as the second-best team in the country at the launch of the NHL earlier this week, but the man from Portroe wasn’t just being coy.

McIntyre merely verbalised what everyone else was thinking as the NHL lumbers into view but Sheedy isn’t shy about pinpointing areas where he believes Tipp must improve if they are to challenge Kilkenny’s dominance in 2009.

“We’ve struggled in the half-forward line. That’s the area where we probably need to get more possession and feed more ball into what I would consider to be a very, very capable inside forward line,’’ he said.