'We never got out of the blocks': UCC boss laments sluggish Sigerson Cup final start

"That's Sigerson Cup football, you make your own history. I can hear them celebrating there. But look, I spoke to the lads before the game that if you don't perform, that's what you're left with."

UCC manager Paul O'Keeffe thought his side performed at "70%" for most of the Sigerson Cup final defeat to UL. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

If watching UCC lose out in the Sigerson Cup final was tough for Paul O'Keeffe, the post mortem was almost as bad.

The UCC manager wanted to be anywhere but the Croke Park media room beneath the Hogan Stand, poring back over and dissecting where it all went wrong against UL.