Unlike tame quarter-final exit, Tipp must 'get it together' in 2024 

For Jason Forde, this is a week of new horizons and fixing a firm gaze on the season ahead.

KICK ON TIPP: Jason Forde of Tipperary shoots to score his side's sixth goal during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter Final match between Offaly and Tipperary at Glenisk O'Connor Park. Pic: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

The Tipperary post-mortem had Jason Forde scratching his head. Their dramatic slide in form just didn’t make sense. Still doesn’t.

This is a week of new horizons and fixing a firm gaze on the season ahead. And we’ll come to all that in the company of Forde. But let's first dissect, or at least try to dissect, Tipperary’s dip and somewhat tame departure now seven months in the rearview mirror.