Armagh manager has guided his county to just their fifth ever All-Ireland final
And in the last fortnight they answered back.
His start was disastrous, Armagh suffering a series of humiliating defeats, Donegal beating them by nine points in 2015, by 12 in 2020. Cavan had eight points to spare in 2016, Monaghan hit 4-17 against them in 2021. That tells us two things, one that they are punching way above their weight as a county, and secondly, a misconception exists that they are a footballing powerhouse.
McGeeney picked up on this theme, highlighting how 12 of the county’s 14 Ulster titles were effectively won by just three teams, Bill McCorry’s team of the fifties, Jimmy Smyth’s side in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, and then the 1999-08 side that he was an integral part of. Kildare since have reached the last eight of the All-Ireland series just twice, losing by 26 points to Kerry in 2015, losing all three of their Super 8 matches in 2018. This year they competed in the Tailteann Cup.“Cohesion is a big thing in intercounty football,” argued Diarmuid Connolly this week. “There was a lot of talk in the early years that the players did not want McGeeney in charge. So it took courage to stick by him. Look at them now.
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