Dermot McCabe was left counting the cost of 11 wides after Cavan exited the All-Ireland SFC race against Dublin.

The Breffni County led their Round 2B clash by two points coming up to the half-hour mark, but Dublin – who spurned a number of goal chances themselves – gradually took control in the second half to run out 1-24 to 0-16 winners.

"I suppose up to half-time or up to about 45 minutes, I thought we were very much in the battle and doing a lot of things well," the Cavan manager told RTÉ.

"We were in a little bit of difficulty in probably gaining possession from our own kick-outs, but the lads were working extremely hard in what was a very difficult and warm day. Unfortunately, it's our efficiency in front of goals, we had a few drop-shorts and a few wides at times when there was maybe two or three points in it.

"It sucked a little bit of the life out of us and probably our supporters who were out strong today for us.

"If we had got them scores, maybe I think it was 17-14 for a little while or 18-15 around that sort of time, I think we could have got back on level terms and it probably sucked the life out of us."

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