Oisin McConville is a BBC pundit, GAA manager, Armagh legend, All-Ireland winner, and Crossmaglen legend, but when it comes down to it, he is still just a passionate fan like the rest of us.
It doesn't matter how many big days you have played in, won or lost - when you are watching helplessly as a bystander, then you are powerless to your emotions.
The fact that McConville's nephew, Rian O'Neill is Armagh's star player adds a bit of extra significance to the whole thing, and he was magnificent last Saturday when the Orchard county beat Kerry to book their place in the All-Ireland final.
Peter Canavan was working for RTÉ and said told the panel that he overheard McConville shout "shoot" just before O'Neill received the ball from a crazy distance, and as though he could hear his uncle from the stands, he did just that and scored a beautiful point.
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Speaking on the GAA Social Podcast Thomas Niblock asked his co-host about Canavan's comments, and McConville couldn't help but express his joy at watching his young relative play so well.
I thought he has been brilliant in the last three or four games in different ways", said McConville.
"It's his leadership, he doesn't bow the head when things aren't going his way, and he was probably trying too hard in the last couple of weeks.
"He was probably frustrated with his performance the last day, but there was enough it to know that - like the ground he was covering, he spent the majority of the last 10 minutes playing more or less as an unorthodox full back.
"He caught the ball under the bar, and it's just the things he is willing to do, the passes he is willing to try, and the pass he gave Turbitt over the top, like people in that situation just hold onto the ball.
"He is going well, and his conditioning and all of that just looks spot on."
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Although the former forward was very composed and measured when making those comments, the clip of him celebrating an Armagh score in the BBC studio during the game shows that he went into full fan-mode.
Behind him was a contrast of emotions as Michael Murphy didn't even lift his head, and continued to calmly make notes, while Mickey Harte was laughing, and just enjoying his colleague's outburst of passion.
If that's what he is like during the semi-finals, then we can't wait to see him in full flow for the final in two weeks time.
