"There was a lot of talk about shoot-outs and so on and I don't think it was ever going to be a shoot-out, certainly from our end."

The first meeting of Tipperary and Cork in Croke Park failed to live up to the pre-match hype but that didn't concern Eamon O'Shea.

"I'll have to talk to the county board to see what they want to do."

After three years at the helm, Jimmy Barry-Murphy will sit down with the Cork County board to discuss his future.

"Nine wides was a shocking total, very, very poor wides in situations where we would normally take our chances. We would have been in a much healthier situation at half-time if we had taken those."

JBM highlighted his team's profligacy in front of the posts as one of the reasons for their demise.

"Listen, we've no medals yet. Look, forwards are nothing without the work rate of everyone else out the field. We might get the plaudits at the end of it, but 'twas a massive effort put in by everyone inside that dressing-room."

Tipp star Seamus Callanan wasn't getting carried away after his 2-4 heroics.

"We though it might be a wee bit worse. We thought it might be a grade two hamstring. But he trained with the medical team. His strength is back up to over 90pc and he will be integrated back with the group on Tuesday night."

Karl Lacey should be fit to line out against Dublin on Sunday week according to his manager Jim McGuinness.

"The media started to create a story about us not speaking, rather than the reasons behind it, and it became more about their situation."

Former Armagh manager Paul Grimley broke his silence on the infamous media ban.

"He's been an incredible servant. He has always been a selfless player and he's a huge leader in our group. He would be seriously regarded within Kerry anyway."

Eamonn Fitzmaurice underlined the importance of Declan O'Sullivan to the Kerry cause.

"I just probably had no option but to take him down. I suppose it goes against what Gaelic is all about. But listen, you do what you have to do for the team."

Lee Keegan did what had to be done when Paul Kerrigan threatened to score a goal in the recent All-Ireland SFC quarter-final. Tweet

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