Bannigan pleased with Clare performance after 'flat' first half

Group three will boil down to a top-of-the-table decider between Monaghan and Down, plus an effective knock-out clash between Louth and Clare, following a real game of two halves in Clones.

DIFFERENT ANIMAL: Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan noted that too many of his players “weren’t at the pitch of it” for the first half, but that they were “a different animal” in the second. 

All-Ireland SFC Group 3: Monaghan 1-25 (2-6-13) Clare 1-16 (1-4-8)

Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan felt his side had been “flat” in the first half of their topsy-turvy win over Clare yesterday, with Group three of the All-Ireland SFC set to go down to the wire.