Armagh are finally back to where they want, and deserve, to be.

Conor McManus hinted it may be the end of the road after the Farney's season finale.

Mayo are so close. But still looking for that cigar.

As Offaly and Laois go up against Cork and Wexford in Saturday’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals, they do so in the knowledge that the average losing margin at that stage of the competition is 22 points.

Dublin's experience on the line could be critical and Laois looking for payback.

For many in Kerry, there was a neat symmetry and silent satisfaction to their winning margin on Sunday – 15 points.

Images of what Seánie O’Leary, Jimmy Barry-Murphy and John Fitzgibbon used to regularly do came flooding back.

Banner got what they came for but they’ll know that this was far more stressful than they wanted or needed it to be - they got off a staggering 47 shots but their conversion rate was just 53%.

Penalties are a lottery but a fourth defeat in that manner has made it more difficult again for Armagh to shed that brutal stigma of being unable to get the job done.

Kerry didn’t raise any green flag here but they worked their way through the gears to get the job done, being efficient when they had to be.