Fermanagh goalkeeper Chris Snow said his county's contentious exit from this year's championship left him contemplating retirement from inter-county football.
They travelled all the way to the All-Ireland quarter-final in 2015 but this year's campaign was a rather less uplifting experience. A win over Antrim in a so-so game was followed by a seven point loss to Rory Gallagher's Donegal.
They got a bum deal in the qualifiers, meeting Mayo in the first phase in Castlebar.
But it was the manner of their exit that grated on Snow. Fermanagh led for the most of the game. At half-time, their advantage was a healthy six points. Their lead was trimmed in the second period but there was still a point in the difference with nine minutes remaining when Aidan O'Shea took a tumble in the box.
Cillian O'Connor smashed home the penalty and Mayo went onto win by five points.
For Snow, it was a deflating experience which left him wondering why he bothered. Ultimately, he says he's resolved to give it one more year. He spoke to the Irish News about it today.
People can say what they like about the top teams and the work they put in, but the top teams are the ones getting playing in Croke Park week-in, week-out in front of 50,000, and seem to get everything handed to them.
Last year, the Aidan O’Shea incident, it’s hard to take and you’re thinking is it worth it all at the end of it? The things you miss out on - stag parties, mates’ weddings, one thing and another. You do question it from time to time.
I had a good long think about it and decided I’d give it another year. I don’t know if it was wise or not, but I decided to go anyway. I was very close to not going back. I was busy with work too at the time and I didn’t know if it would be worth it. But I thought I’ll give it one more year and see where that takes us.
Aidan O'Shea received the Tiernan McCann treatment on social media for a couple of days but held his counsel until Mayo beat Kildare the following week.
He told Sky Sports that the national broadcaster had only brought one camera down and thus viewers only saw the incident from one angle. This, he implied, didn't give a true impression of the incident.
Sky were also presumably delighted to hear Aidan O'Shea criticising the coverage of their rivals.
The disappointing thing is there was one camera angle. The national broadcasters only brought one camera down and it was disappointing there was only one angle to show.
Everyone gets to see something in the flash of a second but my conscience is clear, I didn't flop. I'm happy enough. It's has been probably more difficult for my family over the last couple of days...
I don't think I dived. That's the bottom line. I see people having a cut at me. I can be judged and criticised fairly, I've no problem with that, but it was probably unfair during the week.
