Frustrating, afraid to lose and finishers. What exactly are Armagh?

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness with Armagh selector Kieran McGeeney after the All-Ireland Quarter-Final

We like to think it’s clearcut. A simple game occasionally complicated by idiots. Gaelic football is liable to overrun that boundary. When does a compliment become a criticism? When is attacking play actually defensive? Sometimes, it is actually complicated.

The Ulster final pits together two teams who for a decade have been susceptible to the great double-edged cliché of GAA commentary: ‘on paper.’ A wide chasm between what they promise and what they deliver. Good yet capable of great. Jim McGuinness has promptly set about turning that potential into performances. Kieran McGeeney is still striving to.