Babs writes off Tipperary with blistering attack on players

FORMER manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating has written off Tipperary’s All-Ireland prospects following last Sunday’s crushing defeat to Cork in the Munster SHC quarter-final.

Keating, who failed to capture any silverware during his second spell as Tipperary manager from 2005-07, launched another blistering attack on the current players, many of whom he managed prior to Liam Sheedy’s appointment. Sheedy masterminded successive Munster successes in 2008 and 2009, while Tipp also ran Kilkenny desperately close in last year’s All-Ireland final, but Keating remains unconvinced and insisted that some players have “failed” Tipperary.

Speaking to TV3, Keating said: “If Tipp are to come through, they could have to meet Waterford, Galway and Kilkenny along the way. I don’t think the players that have failed Tipperary over the last number of years will relish meeting them all and beating them all.