Colm Collins will take time out to consider his future as Clare football manager following yesterday's gut-wrenching defeat to Meath.

Collins, who is the third longest-serving inter-county football manager after Mickey Harte and Jim Gavin, said: “What we’re going to do now is keep our powder dry. I don’t think that making decisions on the back of a championship defeat is the right thing to do. I’ll just see and give it a bit of time.”

The Cratloe man admitted that Clare were gutted to miss out on the Super 8s following the 1-18 to 2-16 loss in Portlaoise.

“When you lose a one point game you always feel like you left it behind, that’s the problem. In fairness I suppose if we were to be truthful, Meath probably edged it on the day.

“You’re always a bit sorry about some of those chances at the end. They gave it everything. Absolutely devastated to lose, they died with their boots on. Very proud of the players the way they performed and the way they stood up. Just very disappointed that the result went the wrong way."

He added: "The only kind of mitigating thing about it was that the lads gave everything and put in a great shift. The one thing you kind of dread with a team is that they don't perform and to be fair, they did perform. They did us proud, but just came up that bit short."

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