Lohan gave ‘a lot of thought’ to retiring

BRIAN LOHAN has enough faith in the Clare team and management to commit himself for a further year, even though he seriously considered retiring last year.

Speaking after a light training session ahead of the clash between the 2004 and 2005 Vodafone GAA All Stars teams in the grounds of the Singapore Polo Club, he said he gave “a lot of thought” to giving up after last season’s defeat to Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final: “I had originally thought that last year would be my last. But, the way things turned out and losing the game that we did, we’ll have another cut at it this year and see how we get on.’’

Heartbreaking as the defeat was, Lohan says Clare could have no real regrets. Cork and Galway contested the final “on merit” and in his view Clare played as well as they were able on the day: “We prepared as well as we could, but we just came up that bit short.’’