All is not well for Derry in their All-Ireland Championship bid after a third convincing defeat of the spin further dampened their once broad title hopes.
A 3-17 to 0-15 defeat at home to Armagh on Sunday followed their losses to Donegal and Galway in the Championship, leaving them without a victory since March.
Semi-finalists last summer, Derry - now managed by Mickey Harte - had been touted by many to win the Sam Maguire Cup after a statement Allianz League success.
However, Harte's side was repeatedly exposed by Armagh with star midfielder Conor Glass failing to fire on the day.
Léigh an scéal seo trí Ghaeilge ar Liathróidí.ie brúigh anseo.
One of the sport's most influential players, Glass found himself on the receiving end of a cynical boot to the head from Armagh's Connaire Mackin that went unpunished.
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He was involved in some off the ball antics with the opposition before and after that incident as he failed to typically impose himself on the game.
He also reportedly showed his dissatisfaction with Harte's decision to remove Emmet Bradley from play, gesturing to the Derry bench as Bradley left the field.
Cannot believe Emmett Bradley is taken off. Conor Glass's reaction to that substitution tells the tale. Stood with his two arms out wide, looking at the bench as if to say 'what?'
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Eamonn Fitzmaurice slams 'ratty' Conor Glass behaviour during Derry defeat
All-Ireland-winning ex-Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice highlighted the Glen GAA man's uncharacteristically flustered behaviour when reflecting on the game.
Speaking on the RTE GAA Podcast, Fitzmaurice discussed how Glass' lack of composure summed up all that is going wrong with The Oak Leaf County at the moment.
Even Conor Glass yesterday - they referenced it in the commentary - he was so ratty," Fitzmaurice remarked.
"He was getting thick. When Emmet Bradley was taken off he gestured at the sideline. That kind of stuff is not good.
"Especially for someone like Conor Glass who would normally be like a machine with the way he plays the game - nothing impacts him.
"He gave a bit of a dig at some stage and was getting stuck in verbals with the Armagh fellas. It is very unlike them."
Glass was crucial as Glen won the All-Ireland Club Championship and carried that form into Derry's Allianz League title win but has dropped from those performance levels thus far in the Championship.
For all their woes, Derry know that a win against Westmeath in the final round of the group stages would see them advance to the knockout phase of the All-Ireland Championship.
