I was in Armagh on Saturday evening and saw the deluge of hand-passed points the home side scored – seven of their 20-point total. Galway got three goals and beat them by a point. The lesson appeared stark. The team that went for goals got their reward. Armagh’s cowardice got what it deserved. The truth is not that simple. Watching the game back, six of the seven Armagh points scored with the hand were players making the right decision in that moment. The only outlier was the last one, in the 61st minute, when Jason Duffy took his point to put them three up. Having won a turnover on the 20-metre line, Duffy had Cian McConville waiting to his right at the far post for an easy finish. Duffy...
