Armagh's assistant manager says McGeeney's pursuit of excellence and the small margins of improvement are the reason they're in Sunday's final against Galway
Now, one of Kieran McGeeney’s most faithful assistants has given an insight what the Orchard manager brings to the set-up. Ciaran McKeever knows that penalty shootout defeats in big games in recent years has meant ‘Geezer’ is an easy target for criticism.
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Beaten by Galway and Monaghan in successive quarter-finals on penalties in the last two seasons, Armagh also back-to-back Ulster finals to Derry and Donegal via the same method.In this season’s Ulster final loss to Jim McGuinness’s Donegal, Armagh came under fire for not taking shots on when they claimed advanced marks late in the game.
“There are different aspects we have improved too. We would have been criticised a lot for not seeing out games, not being better on the ball. It was probably a case of we were always trying the right things but maybe not executing in those tight matches going down the stretch.
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