Down boss James McCartan says his team need to show some grit if they are to avoid relegation from Division 2.

The Mourne men slumped to a third Allianz League loss yesterday after Roscommon handed them a comprehensive 1-18 to 0-10 defeat in Newry.

Speaking to BBC Sport NI afterwards, McCartan admitted that his side didn’t work as hard as the Rossies over the 70 minutes at Pairc Esler.

"It's probably as long a 70 minutes as I've endured on the line in quite some time," said McCartan.

"We just have to pick ourselves up and go again - nobody is going to be arriving on a white horse to save us."

He added: "We don't work as hard as the opposition, we're not superior to them in terms of football talent - you have to work at least as hard, if not harder than the opposition.

"We didn't do that, we made things very easy for Roscommon. We didn't give our people in the stand anything to shout about and they've every right to be critical to be honest."

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