Leitrim boss Stephen Poacher was left dumbfounded after his side failed to score in the first-half against Wexford.
Leitrim drew a blank in the opening 35 minutes in their Tailteann Cup round three meeting on Saturday. Wexford led 14-points to no score at half-time before eventually winning out 20-point to 1-15.
“The mistakes we made in the first 15, 16, 17 minutes was incredible” explained Poacher.
"Absolutely incredible and you know, you can repair all you want and you can look at Brooks (Wexford keeper) kick out”.
“And you can look at the way they attack, you can look at how they defend and you can look at how we attack and how we defend”.
“But when you're just giving simple ball away it just feeds the opposition energy and it just drains you of energy”.
“That's what ultimately happened in that first-half” added Poacher.
“I think we had 11 turnovers and I think they get nine points from those 11 turnovers like so it's tough to take now you know.”
“They're a big side” explained Poacher. “They're a big side, they're a physical side; but I think to be fair, I think we made it easy for them.
“It wasn't as if we were being ripped and stripped and being tackled with serious ferocity. We were giving cheap ball away, and when you do that, lads, at this level, you get punished”.
Leitrim bow out of the Tailteann Cup after the heavy defeat. Whereas, Wexford will meet Offaly in the quarter-finals.
Elsewhere, Fermanagh host Sligo, Laois host Down and Wicklow go to Antrim.
