Offaly's under-pressure football manager Gerry Cooney was keeping his feet firmly on the ground after his side claimed their first win in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.

The Meath man, who was on the verge of quitting last week, said after the two-point victory over Cavan: "We're not going to get carried away, but the lads answered a lot of questions laid down about their character, but I never doubted them.

"They trained really hard during the past week and that was just the reaction I wanted from the defeat to Wexford."

His opposite number, Val Andrews branded Cavan's performance as a 'joke'.

He said: "That performance was totally unacceptable and left us looking like we had 11 men and not 15. There's no excuses and we just didn't step up to the mark, but the buck stops with me. That was a joke today and we're now going to be under pressure to survive in Division 3.

"I wouldn't blame any Cavan fan for wanting to get rid of me because I'm not blameless in this either." Tweet

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