Who’s going to provide the element of surprise

THE GAA anoraks love to see Billy Morgan and Pat O’Shea coming. They’re like our favourite uncles — they always bring something a little different for Christmas.

Uncle Jack O’Connor wasn’t bad either. Remember the aerial offensive against Mayo’s vertically-challenged corner backs in 2004. Or Declan O’Sullivan taking James Nallen for a wild gallop out of the heart of the defence last year?

Kieran Donaghy no longer offers the surprise that bewildered Longford et al last year — unless you’ve just returned from Neptune (the planet, not the stadium).