John Maughan made no attempt to hide his disappointment after Offaly's O'Byrne Cup final loss to bogey side Longford.

The Faithful County suffered their first defeat of the season in Tullamore on Saturday, but their manager insisted that they will still be travelling to Pairc Ui Chaoimh for next weekend's Allianz League Division 3 opener against Cork in an optimistic frame of mind.

"We're very disappointed, not with losing the O'Byrne Cup final, but the manner in which we did," Maughan told the Irish Daily Mirror.

"Our play was very poor, it was our worst performance in the competition and we held it for the final, so we're extremely disappointed.

"Cork are a Super 8 team, they've had a lot of talent and have had underage success. They'll be formidable, away from home is a tough assignment. But we won't beat ourselves before we go down. We'll go down in a positive frame of mind and give it our best shot."

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