As a neutral looking forward to bcb1 comments on where it went wrong for cross today
Great county final by the way
Was a very good Final. No issues about the result I suppose. A tale of one team being clinical in goal chances and the other not. I know Forker won the MOTM but in my opinion their keeper won it for them with 3 crucial saves.
The goal before HT was crucial. We go in at HT 4-5 points up then I am more confident for the second half. Instead we are facing a Maghery team who have the boost of a goal with a strong wind to help with their momentum. As a consequence they come out at the start of the second half and go into the 3rd quarter, which is always the most important, with great confidence and they won it then.
Well done to Maghery. Shame you have no Ulster to go into as I reckon there’s a good team there that could have given it a good rattle.
We will have to lick our wounds and rebuild. We don’t often lose finals, first county final lose since early 1980’s when Carrickcruppen beat us. There’s a good young bunch who will hopefully learn and grow. We will win more than we lose but it’s never nice to lose.