Tipperary dare not do anything but win as Cats regrouping

Thank goodness for Eoin Kelly; a common refrain among Tipp folk this past decade and a prayer heartfully offered up this morning by your correspondent.

Kelly’s assertion the other week that tomorrow’s Semple Stadium feature was a must-win fixture for Tipperary has provided an obvious and very handy hook on which to hang today’s article.

Otherwise I’d have been sorely tempted to rehash my intro from last year’s All-Ireland final, or from the All-Ireland replay, or from the National League decider, or from the league fixture at Nowlan Park in February. Just for the hell of it. Just to see if anyone was paying the slightest attention. Just to see if somebody out there could be bothered to catch me out.