What might have been for McCartan

THE morning after the nightbefore and James McCartan isleaning against a wall in one of the few quiet corners the Citywest Hotel has to offer ruminating over what came to pass and what might have been.

When your team loses an All-Ireland final by just one point, the minutiae are always going to be magnified and certain matters concerning this year’s decider demand closer inspection than others.

This is his first post-mortem. The Sunday Game and Monday morning’s newspapers have yet to be consumed but Down’s manager has a gut feeling about what has already been said and written.