McDonnell: Armagh must learn from mistakes of Clones

ONCE renowned as a team that excelled in tight battles, Armagh failed to maintain an eight-point advantage on Sunday and Steven McDonnell is the first to admit that lessons need to be learned.

Armagh have lost championship fixtures by a single point four times in the past four seasons — two of those defeats last year — and Sunday’s failure to close out with such a commanding advantage raises even greater questions.

It is a design flaw that has spanned two different managers and a considerable turnover in playing personnel, and has made many a person who considered them All-Ireland potential think again.