Footballers face key test of progress

Date Published: 05-Mar-2009

FOR those who had a closeup view of last September’s All-Ireland football final in Croke Park, the lasting impression has to be of Tyrone’s unrelenting intensity . . . it strayed into the latitudes of fanaticism but it was still contained in a tight disciplinary regime.It took that kind of effort to overcome what had seemed up until then an all-powerful Kerry side and this Saturday evening (7.30) in Healy Park, Omagh, Galway footballers face a real acid test of how good they are.The Galway start to the league campaign has again been encouraging with a competent away win against Westmeath followed by a slick demolition of old bogey team Dublin in Pearse Stadium.That was then, but the 'now’ of Gaelic football for Galway is this weekend when Tyrone – painfully stung by their home defeat to Kerry the last time out – will come close to approaching championship frenzy to avoid consecutive home defeats.Galway don’t have...