Wicklow manager Oisin McConville was disappointed with the analysis of his side’s narrow Allianz Football League Division 4 final defeat to Sligo on RTÉ’s League Sunday.

McConville felt the Garden County weren’t given the respect they deserved by the panel which was made up of Tyrone legend Peter Canavan, recently-retired Clare star David Tubridy and Dublin All-Ireland winner Paul Flynn.

"I was disappointed after watching [League Sunday] last night," McConville told BBC's The GAA Social podcast earlier this week.

"If our boys need any fuel, if they watched the commentary from last night [they'll have it]. I came away from it thinking that I was going to check the score again to see if we were beat by 20 points. We did dominate the whole first half of the game, and probably the last 10 minutes of the game as well.

"Yet, they highlighted the fact that we lapsed in concentration twice. There was no analysis - as far as we were concerned - of what we were about. I'm well aware of where we're at in the pecking order.

"You think of the effort that the players have put in, and you think of the fact that you just want some semblance of respect - that's just not there yet. That means we'll have to dig a little further in order to get it. That's fine. I didn't take it personally.

"I knew our boys would be watching it. I'd be hurt for them that it wasn't properly analysed. Look, if I needed any more fuel, which I don't... We'll just keep it going, keep our heads down."

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