Cork football boss John Cleary said everything that could go wrong did go wrong in his side’s defeat to Roscommon at the weekend.

The Leesiders went down in a heavy defeat their Connacht counterparts on Saturday night at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, where it finished 2-21 to 0-13 in favour of the visitors, effectively ending the Rebel County’s Division 2 promotion hopes.

Speaking to media afterwards, Cleary wasn’t offering any excuses after his side’s 14-point loss.

“We are very disappointed, the scoreline tells it all really,” he is quoted saying by echolive.ie.

“The big thing looking at the stats, we had a 25% conversion rate, Roscommon had a 78% conversion rate. What could go wrong for us, went wrong. That’s not an excuse, we were beaten by the better team on the night.

“We hit the crossbar twice and we probably gave them a penalty and the second goal. That’s not to say we would have beaten them only for those incidents. They were slicker than us and we couldn’t get to grips with their kickouts. They went to town on us from their own kickouts especially in the second half.

“At half-time, I felt we weren’t in a bad position with the way games have gone. But, after the break, Roscommon upped it. We were missing chances then at the other end and it came back to haunt us. Maybe we forced it too much then towards the end and left them in for two handy goals.” 

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