Disappointment all round as Dawson defends strategy

Frank Dawson was unrepentant about Antrim’s defensive strategy, which had the hallmarks of damage limitation written all over it.

The Saffrons kicked a grand total of six points in their last Ulster SFC match before Casement Park is demolished, and persisted with Mark Sweeney as a sweeper even when they had an extra man for most of the second-half.

“We spent the last nine weeks trying to turn around what everyone was telling us was the dismal state of Antrim football,” he said.