Oisin McConville says the challenge facing Armagh now is to back up their performance against Tyrone with another solid display versus Donegal this weekend.

The Orchard men dumped out the All-Ireland champions last Sunday with a six-point victory on home turf and now head for Clones on Sunday (4pm) looking to avenge their Ulster quarter-final loss to Declan Bonner’s side.

Speaking on BBC Sportsound Extra Time on Monday, McConville say he likes the positivity he seen the last day from Kieran McGeeney’s charges.

"It was a performance borne out of pure positivity,” the 2002 All-Ireland winner said of the display against Tyrone.

"Not really playing the opposition but just trying to impose your own game. That's when Armagh are at their best.

"The (Donegal) draw is tough and a lot of the enthusiasm and happiness is tempered a little bit by the fact that we've another one coming up, but considering the manner of the defeat in Ballybofey five or six weeks ago, yesterday was redemption for a lot of those players.

"The challenge now is to put those sort of performances back-to-back. Whatever about beating Donegal, the big thing for Armagh is for them to go and do themselves justice.”

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