Jim Gavin unhappy with finish - and refereeing

Many a manager has delivered the staple line about how a performance of the type just delivered would not do the next day.

Jim Gavin was at it yesterday, but this time you believed him.

For some time now we have become accustomed to Dublin pulling away from sides in the last quarter, turning close-run games or single-digit leads into double-digit blow-outs thanks to the grinding nature of their excellence and a bench bejeweled by stars.