Tipperary minor hurling boss Liam Cahill says his side will need to improve on last night's nine-point win over Clare if they are to reach July's Munster final.
The holders needed two late goals from Cian Darcy and Dylan Walsh to secure the 2-15 to 0-12 win in Ennis and their manager was quick to hit out at critics when speaking to the Nenagh Guardian afterwards.
"We are going to have to improve a lot from tonight. We are going to have to get full buy-in from everybody, including a lot of these young players' mothers and fathers," Cahill stated.
"I have shipped a lot of criticism since the Waterford match and received a couple of phone calls from parents.
"I suppose it's a parent's nature to feel that their own geese are swans, but the bottom line is that we are in a competitive environment here in Tipp and not all geese are swans.
"I have five fellas earmarked to come in next Tuesday night (to training) that have performed with their club and deserve to be in with us.
"And, there are one or two that we let off early in the year that are doing a bit of crying and their mammies and daddies are doing a bit of crying that they are not in the squad.
"They will get a chance again to see whether they are up to it or not. We are going to look forward now to really putting the shoulder to the wheel and driving on from this."
Tipp face Cork in Munster MHC semi-final on June 30th, with the final set to be played on July 10th.
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