"From where I was looking, it was no penalty. If anything it was a free out. Because I thought Mark Collins went for the ball and he got there first."

Brian Cuthbert and the Rebels were made to pay the penalty.

"I think word is that it was a soft penalty so, if that's the case, we were lucky."

Eamonn Fitzmaurice knows the reigning champions got out of jail.

"They're gone, and it came as a big shock to us and we're disappointed, but now is not the time to really be talking about that. What we're interested in now is we won and we're looking forward to next week."

Kildare manager Jason Ryan could have done without David Hyland and Darroch Mulhall's departure from the squad.

"That spell before half-time was the difference in winning and losing the match because in the second-half we battled extremely hard,"

It was a case of so near and yet so far the Faithful County and manager Pat Flanagan.

"We all know how talented he is and he will realise when you score 14 points you've got to be ready for a bit more attention next time."

Sean Quigley will be a marked man from now on according to Fermanagh's Pete McGrath after his 14 point haul against Antrim.

"The last day we came out buzzing but we were so flat. The players will be the first to admit we were poor. There is no way of glossing over it."

Frank Fitzsimons didn't hide behind any excuses after Antrim failed to do themselves justice in Brewster Park.

"We were missing our spine but we have a lot of backbone."

The Roscommon bus is back on the road with John Evans at the wheel.

"I would assume that referees shouldn't have TV's in their room. No more than management, they should have to react to what they see in front of them at the time."

Terry Hyland was puzzled by the timing of referee David Gough's decision to send off Tomas Corr.

"We are thrilled. The lads dug very deep. They had to dig very deep. You couldn't ask any more of them."

Longford continued their progress through the qualifiers under Jack Sheedy.

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