Tipperary's style of football has won them many admirers en route to this year's All-Ireland SFC semi-final and George Hannigan is hoping it will be enough to see them upset the odds against Mayo in Croke Park today.

Attack is the best form of defence as far as the Shannon Rovers clubman and his Premier County team-mates are concerned.

"I guess it was always the way we played," the influential midfielder pointed out to The Sunday Independent. "Anyone who has been following us for the last few years would know that's the way we play. There is a certain amount of freedom and we do play off the cuff a good bit.

"I'd imagine it is hard for teams to analyse us as we often don't know what we are going to do ourselves on the ball. There were more people watching and took notice, but if you were at our games for the last few years, we have been playing that way for a long time and it's not a new thing for us.

"We just performed on a bigger stage on tv and people took notice of us. We played that way against Cork as well and got a win. There wasn't a word said about it as it wasn't on tv and there wasn't much highlights on The Sunday Game.

"The one thing I have noticed is that a lot of people are referring to our style of play against Galway. Those who may not have a great knowledge of football or how it is played, they just appreciated the way we approached the game."

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