Proving 2010 was no freak

ULSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL:

This lack of interest can be largely explained by the feeling that Down enjoyed a good deal of luck in 2010 and played beyond themselves to make that year’s final.

As patronising as it may sound, the conventional wisdom is that Down have found their natural level since, that having stumbled uninvited upon an upper class party they are now back in the dive bars where they belong.