First published September 1997 in Another View, Western People 

Second consecutive All-Ireland defeat- We must rescue something from this effort

By Terry Reilly (c)
IT'S not easy to write on the heels of a cruel defeat. Especially this one!
I'm as gutted as the management and players and the fans, and empathise with
the gnawing ache of disappointment that will eat at them in every
unoccupied moment for weeks.

Players are fit and strong and used to setbacks. But like you and I they
will wake up in their beds at night and for a horrible moment wonder if they
really lost or was it a nightmare.

For a player there is nothing worse than losing the one that counts,
especially a game one feels one had the capability of winning.
From a manager's perspective it's even worse when things go so dreadfully
wrong.... the sacrifices, the hours away from family eat into armoury of
even the toughest.