Great day out in Thurles and a great win. It's not often we beat Tipp, but to hammer them by that much was a real treat.
Obviously Tipp are in rebuild mode and are miles off the pace, and with the way Waterford collapsed yesterday I'm not sure what to read into our two wins.
Positives: Conor Lehane masterclass. Ciaran Joyce lording it a centre back with Mark Coleman showing what a special player he can be at wing back. Another good performance again from Damien. Overall good tackling from our lads, hunting in packs and fighting for every ball. Great to see Jack O Connor buzzing around when he came on yesterday. Has had a couple of tough weeks but played well when he came on.
Negatives. The first five minutes were terrible stuff. We reverted back into the 5 yards passes and coughing up possession every time. I know I'm like a broken record regarding this, but we simply have to cut it out of our game.
The question is whether to start TOM over Horgan/Kingston. I think its unfair to expect Horgan to do a job in a two man full forward line when he simply doesn't have the pace. He might be very effective as a roaming half forward maybe. Kingston had a fine game yesterday but the impact he makes off the bench can be phenomenal and can be used as a real threat going forward. Another great impact from Tim yesterday, would be interesting how he'd fair against a Daithí Burke or a Huw Lawlor.
Finally, great to see a great Cork crowd yesterday. Can't beat Cork Tipp in the Munster Championship, and the Tipp crowd that showed up were all sound out as well. Rebels Abú!