The lottery that is the back door beckons but Mickey Harte tells his players that they will play in Croke Park at some point this summer.
The Tyrone manager was as good as his word. Twice they have taken to HQ and come away with ambitions intact but you wonder if even he believed back then whether such a lofty berth was within their compass.
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