Kerry and Donegal will regret huge missed opportunities

Last weekend's electric fare in GAA HQ has certainly teed up an exciting final.

Based on my predictions in the column last week, one Galway man texted me begging me to go all in on Armagh for the final. But there'll be plenty of time to get into that next week.

Whatever about the Donegal/Galway semi-final, which was always a roll of the dice, I didn't foresee Armagh turning Kerry over in Saturday's semi.

Many of us imagined an Ulster title was the summit of their expectations this year and their most plausible route to silverware. After that sickening blow of another penalty shootout loss in Clones, we wondered had they the resolve to recover this time, especially after shipping so many cruel knocks in recent years.

Well, they certainly proved they had and Kieran McGeeney and his side deserve huge credit in getting all the way to the big show.

On Sunday afternoon, I was the third wheel in another Tomás Ó Sé/Sean Cavanagh ding-dong in the Croke Park studio as the inquest into Kerry's exit dragged on.

"Nobody can't tell me that that game wasn't there on a plate for Kerry in normal time"

Tomás Ó Sé, Sean Cavanagh and Lee Keegan argue over Kerry's display in their defeat to Armagh