John Cleary: 'The lads we threw in had to stand up, and that's what they did'

Cork manager John Cleary is pleased with his sides league campaign. Picture: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Reports of Cork senior footballers’s demise have proven to be premature for another league campaign and if John Cleary is honest he was reasonably happy with it.

To end Division 2 with a couple of wins and the high of this grinding performance in Cavan offers positives but the manager felt there were reasons for optimism prior to their rallying finish.