Patrick-Armagh
Well-Known Member
I know the final score was hard to take, but at the same time we were a couple of points behind nearing the end of the game and we had to push to try and reel in the difference and left gaps, which Cavan exploited. So I wouldn't read too much into the difference at the end, Cavan did deserve to win, but the difference was a bit flattering. Other than the four goal chances, I can recall Nugent having a bad wide on his left foot which was at a decent angle to score from. Rian O'Neill dropped one into the keepers hands in the second half when he should have passed to Campbell who would have had an easy finish. Campbell then hit a bad wide to draw us level, after doing well to win a tough ball, when he had time to steady himself or lay it off to someone else. Take into account that the mainstay of our defence was missing, our star midfielder wasn't right and Cavan, who have been playing at a higher level for a long time now, barely missed, we weren't that far off. Those first two goal chances that we missed were criminal and it's those fine margins which count at this level.