Tomás Clancy: ‘We’re not just looking for results, but performances’

A Cork win in Ballyshannon tomorrow, a second in seven days, won’t have anyone not least the players believing again. But a performance?

Another performance may be enough to convince the group they are on the right track. Learning to distinguish between the two is the only lesson on this team’s curriculum.

Right now, it’s only they who care. Supporters have been bitten too many times to trust anything they see in spring. They may return in time but it will take plenty for them to be assured it’s not another false dawn on the horizon.