McCartan lauds Cork ‘cuteness’

IT’S difficult not to associate a losing manager describing the other team’s expertise in the dark arts as “probably unfortunate” with sour grapes.

But James McCartan’s remarks about Cork’s cuteness were complimentary in the sense he wished his Down team were as good as them in stopping the opposition.

McCartan said: “They scored 2-20 and probably squandered a bit more of the possession they had. They are a strong team. They’d be more professional or clinical in stopping the opposition forwards from playing. I realise that is part of the game and probably an unfortunate part of the game but they are better at it than us.