Once bitten, Tyrone will not be twice as shy

IF it stands for a thousand years, Croke Park will be hard pressed to conjure up an atmosphere to surpass the scenes that enveloped the storied venue two Saturdays ago.

More than one onlooker swore that they felt the stands shaking when Mossie Quinn's late free was greeted with a white flag.

No matter how good the game, a tie always tends to leave a curious taste. Rarely, if ever, do replays prove to be as entertaining as their predecessors, partly because, on all but a few occasions, the underdogs' bark proves less than its bite in the rerun.