All football’s ills can’t be put at Tyrone’s door

Only as good as your last game. That axiom, irrespective of how fair or true it is, sticks hard in elite Gaelic games, writes John Forgarty

The words of Mickey Harte and Kevin Walsh these last seven days brought that home, the Tyrone and Galway managers agitated that their 2017 seasons are remembered more for how they ended than how they developed.

After three wins from three, Walsh was speaking from a position of strength when he addressed how Galway’s previous season was defined by how they floundered against Kerry. “The pen is mightier than the sword — people can reflect on whichever way they want, and people can reflect on it with agendas as well,” he told Newstalk’s Off The Ball.