Oisín McConville: Ulster SFC delivers contrasting epics of chaos and control

Tyrone's Conor Meyler celebrates after the game. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

We saw two different ways to play Gaelic football over the weekend. The strange thing is, that probably wasn’t how it was planned at a baking hot Pairc Esler in Newry as Monaghan and Armagh served up a contest for the ages.

The managers on the sideline — Armagh’s Kieran McGeeney and Seamus McEneney of Monaghan — didn’t have the influence they probably wanted as the match just spiralled into a sporting epic. It’s one of those where you can make a substitution or two at a certain stage in the game and then all you can really do is hope for the best and see where it takes you.