It is a shame the melee has overshadowed a decent football match from our perspective at least. Forgot how hard it is to focus when you really want to hammer the sh*te out of Tyrone be it the McKenna cup, the NFL or the championship. Not long ago we were targeting easier opposition for points but we have taken out two of the biggest hitters in the division. Who would have thought it, we had to start our league campaign against the two toughest opponents in the league and on both occasions, we have won convincingly and there is still huge room for improvement.
When you look at our wins so far we are scoring 2-16 and 2-14 (in both of those games we scored 2-8 in 35 minutes, in one of those games we didn't score for 12 minutes). We have the likes of Murnin and O. O'Neill to return who are only going to up our scores. If they can come back into the team, it is obviously going to come at a cost to other players but whoever is or is not replaced our bench is a like for like swap in quality. I am not going to get carried away as it is only February but I doubt we have peaked like some would suggest, it is scary to think what we will be like come the championship.
We haven't had this air of optimism around the team for the best past of 15 years since the crushing defeat to Kerry in 2006 and the guy who undone us that day is one of the guys building us back up. It genuinely feels like we are back - not coming, not making our way but are back.
What a time to be an Armagh supporter!
