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“We didn’t turn up at all” - Ronan Devlin laments Cargin display as Errigal Ciaran claim facile win
After going toe-to-toe with Ulster Club heavyweights Glen over the past two seasons, Cargin were confident they could land a knockout blow on Tyrone kingpins on Sunday’s provincial quarter-final.
Yet, Cargin were on the ropes from the opening salvo and the result was rarely in doubt.
Their lacklustre showing was in stark contrast to that of Errigal, who hit 0-17 with 10 different scorers contributing to their comfortable eight-point win.
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Cargin’s flat display pained Ronan Devlin to watch. The Toome outfit have won eight of the last 10 Antrim county titles, but couldn't land a glove on Errigal on Sunday.
“We didn’t turn up at all. We didn’t turn up, didn’t do the basic stuff, we didn’t compete, we got cleaned out in break balls, made mistakes and gave the ball away,” stated Devlin.
“After a bad start and getting yourselves back into it. . . just silly mistakes let them chip away. It was just a poor day all round.
“I always thought we were were in the game up until half-time, we were getting close then we made mistakes. Bang, three points in-a-row and we were six points down. It could have been even more at half-time.
“We we so flat and it wasn’t good enough. It is so disappointing - we’ve nobody to blame but ourselves.”
Errigal Ciaran were playing their third game in as many weekends having overcome Trillick in the Tyrone SFC final before defeating St Eunan’s Letterkenny in the Ulster Club preliminary round.
In contrast, Cargin’s extra-time win over Portglenone in the Antrim final was four weeks ago and Devlin feels the lay-off might have had a bearing on their chances.
“Maybe it is a factor - they (Errigal Ciaran) were definitely sharper,” added Devlin.
“They were really sharp around the breaks and any lose ball. Maybe playing every week does that.
“We’d four weeks off and maybe that does have an impact. You can’t get a challenge game at this time of the year either. We are carrying a few injuries so we couldn’t have taken one anyway.
“Good footballers made mistakes and they’ll be disappointed in themselves. It is a sore one.
“This stings more because I really thought we could do this one. If you don’t turn up, you don’t deserve it.”
Enda McGinley spent two years as Antrim manager and three of his brother-in-laws featured for Cargin on Sunday, namely Tomás, Mick and Paul McCann.
The former Tyrone star was delighted with how his side performed, but felt the Antrim champions were far from their best on the day.
"Delighted, mostly because of the schedule we've come through that was tough," said McGinley.
"At the back of our mind, you know that on the one hand, we are battle-hardened, but on the other, you're hoping Cargin might be rusty and a bit off itas you can't replace games with training and I think that told in the first half which really was the winning of the game.
“It meant that they were chasing and even though it was pretty even in the second half. The fact we started better and got a good few scores under our belt meant we were in a good position from then on.
"Cargin underperformed today, so we are delighted to survive and that's the only thing that counts, but we're well aware it doesn't carry any aggregate into the next game."
Sometimes in the modern game when one team under-performs and the other clicks there’s more of a gap on the scoreboard – but I know they’ll be gutted with the performance they’ve put in.”
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