‘Liam Cahill gave everyone a chance but not too many actually grabbed it’ – Tipperary start campaign under a cloud

An unsettled team in the league means the Premier County are not in the best frame of mind as Limerick’s green giants loom large

Liam Cahill used 37 players in the league campaign

Colm Keys

Eamonn Corcoran signs off with an expression of hope that he hasn’t been too negative. He hasn’t. Indeed, he routinely inserted possibilities where problems were identified.

But invariably he comes back to the same few words that are defining this Tipperary hurling team in the minds of their people. Worry. Uncertainty. Small shards of optimism too but a sense nonetheless that they’ve been running to stand still.