Shared points and frustrations between once-great rivals

These are the afternoons managers walk slowly from the debris of another collapsed first floor, foundations they thought solid now barely discernible amid the rubble. 

These are the sea-sick games managers should be scanning from a position as far removed from the side-line as possible to provide some reliability to their perspective.

Andy McEntee’s perspective in a bizarre second period yesterday was the more straight-forward of the white line generals at Páirc Ui Rinn. He had no choice but to go for it. From the opening five minutes, his Meath side was off the pace, lethargic and feeling sorry for themselves.