Cork none the wiser as Cavan capitulate

YOU’D have to feel sorry for the diehards who turned up for this All-Ireland football qualifier in miserable conditions at Páirc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday in the hope of seeing Cork building on the lessons learned from their provincial defeat to Kerry.

Their reaction would have been no different from the management’s — without even the semblance of a decent challenge from Cavan and in incessant rain on a heavy pitch, they learned nothing new.

Not that Conor Counihan was prepared to accept these factors as an excuse for a performance which, while admittedly difficult to be analytical in making a valid judgement, wasn’t expected.