Armagh make type of statement that will really register

We’ll start with the football rather than all that palaver between Armagh and the media and acknowledge what seems to be the county side’s burgeoning renaissance first.

Though their summer ended on Saturday night, Armagh departed the championship scene having served notice of their intention to return to the spotlight they enjoyed so regularly during the Noughties.

A decent Ulster championship was followed by a trot through the qualifiers where Tyrone, Roscommon and Meath were all done for, and then this perfectly respectable one-point loss against the Ulster champions in an All-Ireland quarter-final.