Tyrone's performance against Kerry at the weekend was nothing short of ferocious. The way in which they hassled and harried their opponents and broke at pace was incredibly impressive.
Of course, they also managed to keep this up for 90-plus minutes of action despite the recent covid issues within the camp. The semi-final was moved back twice in order to allow many of the Tyrone players sufficient time to recover from the virus.
Kieran McGeary said after Saturday's win that only those within the camp know just how bad their problems were, but it seems that they now want to leave them in the past.
Co-manager Brian Dooher would not answer any questions related to the covid issues in the direct aftermath of the Kerry game, abruptly ending a press conference when asked about it by members of the media.
That continued at Tyrone's media event last night ahead of the All-Ireland final against Mayo.
Speaking at the event, Dooher's partner Feargal Logan said that no covid related queries would be answered.
You will understand that we're looking at a very important day on Saturday week, a very important footballing day for Tyrone generally and all of ourselves.
So in the circumstances, feel free to ask whatever you want to ask. If it strays beyond football and it enters arenas of Covid or vaccinations, we don't feel it's appropriate.
There's a time and a place. It's a very serious issue, what's happening around our own county at the moment. So we don't think it's appropriate to be batting it about.
We're happy to answer all your football questions. There will be a time and a place, if there's further enquiry needed, we've absolutely no difficulty. But tonight is a good football night for everyone so we look forward to it.
With two weeks between the semi-final and the final, you'd imagine Tyrone will be even better shape for their showdown against Kerry.
That could be a daunting task for James Horan's team.
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