Liam Cahill made no attempt to hide his disappointment after Tipperary’s heavy Munster SHC defeat to Limerick.

The Tipp manager is expected to wield the axe when he picks his team for what is now a hugely important game against his former Waterford charges next Saturday.

“Some players, it just didn’t run for them and they’re going to have to make way for the next fella to give them a chance,” he told reporters.

“There was a lot of talk during the week about Tipp not having a settled team. That doesn’t really concern me. We felt we had a very settled team coming in today with the way we trained.

“We loaded up our team as best we could to tackle Limerick in the areas that we knew they’d give us concern and put legs and speed into our team. That’s what we’ll try and do again now for six days’ time.” 

Looking ahead to the game in Walsh Park, Cahill added: “We’ve to bring everything that wasn’t there today. We need to bring massive energy and aggression. Waterford are a very athletic team. Up to 18 months ago, they were branded as the second-best team in the country. Their former manager [Derek McGrath] said whoever beats them goes up the steps of the Hogan Stand. That’s the reality of it.

“The same said person I haven’t heard sign nor light of him for the last 18 months, but that’s there, it’s in print. They are a serious team, and the players seem to have found their style that really suits them. And had it in an All-Ireland final, semi-final, National League title.

"They’re hurling on all cylinders. We’ll just have to be really ready to take them on.”

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