By the way, Tipperary were abysmal against Kerry on Sunday. Kerry were light years ahead of us in terms of intelligence and movement of the ball. It's going to be hard for us to raise our heads before the qualifiers. Looking at some of the teams that were beaten at the weekend, I wouldn't back us to get competitive with them either (Sligo, Laois etc.).
Division 4 is hampering us big time. We should have been promoted to Division 3 this year, which would have been much better for our development. The longer we stay in Division 4, the prospect beating the Corks and Kerrys at senior level look ever bleaker. We're beating Cork and Kerry for fun underage, but we're going to have to wait a while for it to translate to the adult teams (Incidentally, Tipperary beat Kerry by six points in the Munster Junior Football Championship on Sunday, which was the curtain-raiser to the senior game).