Laois and Donegal heading in the right direction

THE spoils to Laois, then, but both sides had reason to cheer yesterday when it transpired that they will meet in the Division 2 final later this month and yet again in the top tier in 2012.

That is the bigger picture but neither manager seemed to have anything other than this 70 minutes in mind afterwards. Jim McGuinness and Donegal stewed in their changing-room for an age while Justin McNulty didn’t exactly reach for the champagne.

“The work rate and application of effort from the whole team is something that gives us huge encouragement,” said the Laois boss.