Former Premier manager: Tipp must unsettle Mayo’s travelling army

Tipperary’s 2016 selector, Tommy Toomey, has challenged the team to spread doubt among the Mayo supporters as much as the players in Thurles on Saturday.

Toomey was part of Liam Kearns’ management team when they ran Mayo close in the All-Ireland semi two years ago. And as much as he expects home support to be outnumbered in Semple, he believes they can harness that for their own gain.

“The one thing about 2016 was when we beat Galway and Derry was the tight band of support we had followed us everywhere. Tipperary football doesn’t have a huge amount of support and 3,000 or 4,000 is a big crowd for us. So the pressure of being outnumbered by away support, lads will be used to that.