Waterford manager Derek McGrath says his team have put their last-gasp League final replay defeat behind them and are already looking ahead to next month's Munster SHC rematch with Clare.
The Deise lost their title to Davy Fitzgerald's side in a dramatic finale on Sunday, with Tony Kelly sending over two injury-time points to snatch victory after Clare had trailed throughout the second half.
"Immediately, you're disappointed. Today, you're trying to focus four weeks ahead to 5 June," McGrath told RTÉ Sport.
"There's certainly a tinge of disappointment at the manner in which we lost the game. It's a mixture of emotions. Sadness but pride at how the guys played and conducted themselves on the field.
"We were three points up with three minutes to go and we weren't able to stretch it to the fourth-point lead. We were always leaving Clare in it.
"There were so many momentum swings. We were six points up at one stage during the second half and then Clare came again. If you could time a surge, they came at the correct time.
"Clare are a great team and they have some fantastic players throughout the field, none better than Tony Kelly I suppose.
"This time last year we were after winning our first league title since 2007, our third title only, and there was absolute ecstasy in Waterford.
"Today, there is a sense of disappointment but it's balanced by a lot of positives.
Next month's Munster semi-final will be the sides' third competitive meeting in a row but McGrath insists that Waterford won't be using revenge as a motivating factor in what he expects will be another close contest.
"I think the day of the pyschological warfare based on 'we have the motivation because of the manner in which we lost' is gone," he said. "It's only for retrospective analysis the day after.
"If we're victorious on 5 June, people might say we were extremely fired-up because of what happened but the Waterford people need to park it and move on, because the reality of a Munster Championship game against Clare is that Clare could come out and blow you away. They're capable of that.
"We just need to prepare as diligently as possible and we need to improve to try and be as competitive as we were on Sunday.
"The reality is, there's nothing between the teams."
Referee Diarmuid Kirwan was strongly criticised by Waterford legend John Mullane over his decision to award the free that Kelly pointed to level the game after appearing to miss a foul on Jamie Barron.
McGrath said that he thought Barron should have been awarded a free instead but refused to blame Kirwan, saying "the best team always wins" and Waterford would take responsibility for their defeats.
"I felt Jamie was fouled before Tony was fouled, if Tony was fouled at all," he said.
"I think Diarmuid (Kirwan) made a mistake but we make plenty of mistakes ourselves on the line and the players make plenty of mistakes. I'd like to meet the man who hasn't made a mistake.
"You're hurt and you've put all your efforts into this for the last six or seven months but these things kind of even themselves out over the summer. We'll just be moving forward towards the fifth of June.
"We're trying to create a culture whereby the only people we'll blame are ourselves. We've no-one to blame. The best team always wins and Clare were worthy winners in the end."
