Winding down after the pain and gain

Under lights last Friday, the curtain fell on our club championship campaign. We lost by the minimum in what was a replay after an extra-time thriller the previous weekend.

Four tough club championship games on the bounce following our exit to Tyrone... it was hard going on a body that had been conditioned for substitute appearances all summer.

For county players, the weeks following a championship exit can be a strange time. Operating in a kind of limbo between seasons, players are sometimes unsure of what to do or how to behave.