Like Donegal in 2011, minus a finishing touch

If you weren’t there, you’d have missed the send-off Joe McQuillan got from St Conleth’s Park on Saturday night.

A fair chunk in the rickety stand hung around afterwards, as he was escorted away by gardai and stewards amidst the jostling and swaying mayhem.

Little wonder then that Kieran McGeeney was asked afterwards about the Cavan referee’s performance, but he turned the question on the press pack. “Well what did you make of him?” he mused. The answer is, not a lot.