'If you put Kerry jerseys on the Tipp team - you’d be very afraid of that group of players'

It’s all hands on deck for Tipp now. Nicky English turned up on the Mayo News football podcast this week, doing his level best to spook them.

“If you put Kerry jerseys on the Tipp team — you’d be very afraid of that group of players.”

On the face of it, at least, Nicky wasn’t throwing out the K-word to stir deep-rooted neurosis in his hosts. It was just the easiest point of reference for the style of football for which Tipp are being widely lauded.