Cleary not getting ahead of himself after Newbridge victory 

At the same time, reducing Kildare on their home patch to seven points after conceding over three times that much to Meath in Páirc Uí Chaoimh seven days earlier was pleasing.

PLEASED: Cork manager John Cleary before the Allianz Football League Division 2 match between Kildare and Cork at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge, Kildare. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Just as he was keen not to damn his team after last Sunday’s defeat to Meath, Cork manager John Cleary was as slow to hail them following this 13-point drubbing of Kildare.

Not that he wasn’t happy to keep a clean sheet but he wasn’t getting ahead of himself.