Premier men need ruthless streak

One thing did strike me about the Tipp performance today which has bothered me.
The Premier men still lack a little ruthlessness and that was their undoing in last year's battles with Limerick when they had them beaten on at least two occasions and let them off the hook.
There was still a hangover from that in today's Tipperary performance.
I felt that Tipp had the edge throughout the game but the one thing they failed to do was to put Galway away.
There were times when the Premier men were on top that they hit a few poor wides and Galway to their credit hung in there never too far away.
Even when Tipp hit a real purple patch right after the Lar Corbett goal which saw them open up a seven-point gap they missed a couple of chances which would have put the game out of sight.
In fairness to the players they will get better as they become fitter and faster and their touch improves by the time championship comes.
However, Tipp have upped their game, they work harder and are a lot more competitive, but Kilkenny and Cork rarely let anyone off the hook when they get on top, they put you down.
If anyone wants to steal their thunder they need to match their ruthless streak