Oisín McConville: Armagh will have no fear of anyone now in this morning’s draw

Armagh’s Greg McCabe and manager Kieran McGeeney celebrate after the game. ©INPHO/James Crombie

In the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook yesterday evening after the game, I put a piece together for last night’s ‘Sunday Game’ show entitled, ‘Donegal head for the Hills’. The real meaning of the segment though, was far more nuanced than the title might have suggested; Donegal retreated back over the hill in Clones because they were ran out of the border town by an Armagh army fully intent on retribution.

This is a serious Armagh machine now, with everybody in synch, from the management right through to every lieutenant and foot-soldier on the field, extending all the way into the stand and terraces.