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Bringing this back to the top - where it belongs!

Kildare were atricious v Fermanagh but they are always bad against a team that really sit back. Still, there were so many individual 'meh' performances that I think there will be a reaction.
Limerick will surely just go for it as I don't think they are able to lock things down as well as other teams, so that should suit Kildare too.

Hoping for a win and finishing the year with promotion and a place in Sam. Kildare, Meath and Louth are all getting their acts together and the Dubs in transition should make the province better.
That being said there were some cracking games this year - Dublin v Meath, Kildare v Westmeath and Louth, plus the Final.

Any Limerick fold on here?

Paudie has had fitness issues all year. Seanie O'Shea is back fit but is a big man to be running around in that heat. David Clifford suffers cramps a fair bit too.

Canavan and McCurry were both poor the last day and you'd imagine there will be a reaction. Plus, the dry ball will suit them better and there are more nippy forwards on the bench.

The closer we get I think it'll be very close, or go the opposite way and Kerry will pull away early and it'll be game over. The closer it is in the final quarter I think Tyrone could do it.

From Tony Leen in the Examiner: Diarmuid O'Connor (shoulder) and Tom O'Sullivan (ankle) will miss Saturday's All-Ireland SFC semi final.

Would Andy Moran step back into the hotseat at Mayo or Roscommon? Even Cavan...

McConville to Louth or would another Dub step in. Like I was saying if Philly did the business with Naas would be jump?

Joyce might step away - I'd chat him to come in with Kildare as a coach as he lives there and he might be open to a backseat gig...

That's a fair rebuild in Cavan and it feels like them and the Rossies are just pottering along at a certain level. Both will have key men stepping away and both have a ceiling.

Clifford is a big unit for all his skill and you do see him tie up towards the end of some games. If Tyrone rely on the bench a bit more and go hell for leather earlier would that be an option?

Back to the here and now...25 degress this weekend. Who are the fitter team? Whose bench can be called upon earlier in the day?

This is literally heat of battle stuff on Sunday.

It's amazing how much a coach can set teams back and on the flip turn things round. The new rules are definitely suiting Meath and teams with good forwards more.
In Kildare we left things fester too long with a legendary player and the final year really did serious damage to a squad with potential. I do think Meath have far more up front than we do.

On the flip the new rules also work to make space for hard direct runs and Donegal have plenty of those, and lads who can loop round to finish.

I know some might say it's early in the Meath development but things are there to be won. It's giving a scorcher so the fitness levels and the subs will need to be on it.

Fancy Donegal by 4+ but you never know if Meath get their 2-pointers flowing.

Dublin are fond of putting a teammate under pressure with some of their short play.
Crappy little bouncey ones off the sod. They overhit so many when there was space inside too.

Cork didn't need any invitations mind. Some of their play was beautiful.

DunneRoyal would that be a runner for Keoghan to take Murphy if he drifts? He is not exactly lacking strenght and probably is more comfortable further out the field.

I heard that Rafferty had gone off when Galway did all the damage. Is that right?
He has been so good and is a throwback defender, and Murphy might not get much change from him, but if he drags him out then that opens it up for the runners.

Maybe the aul boys Keoghan and Murphy match up?

Donegal have a lot of runners but are not all as imposing as some of the Meath lads who can really motor. I had a feeling Meath would beat Galway, but Donegal are a step up.

Lads can I ask do kids at home listen to Podcasts at all? Just curious as I am doing some digging on something.
And, if so, what are the topics that they like?

Am I right in the below...

The below is the breach of their own contract whereby he was cleared by the DRA and GAA. Then this agreement was indirectly reneged on by the email...

Mr Gallagher wants a declaration that the defendants acted in breach of contract and due process when they, in effect, disciplined him on January 5th, thereby failing to be bound by a determination of the Dispute Resolution Authority in February 2024, and associated damages.

And then this is directly in relation to the Naas gig - where he will need to come out with loss of earning...

He is further seeking a declaration, and damages, that the defendants wrongfully induced or procured Naas to breach its lawful contractual obligations arising from a contract "made orally" between him and the Kildare club on or about late December 2024.

A couple of mentions of contracts. In one sense the clearing of him by Ulster GAA before the letter could have been seen as a breach of 'contract' and there is a more obvious mention of a 'verbal' one with Naas.

There's a defamation angle but if he goes down contract as coach route then loss of earnings would be public. Naas would have to say how much they were paying him and that's another can of worms with the tax man...

That's him so. He will probably bring Moyna with him and I wouldn't be shocked if he convinced Pat Gilroy to come back in a role.

It'll be interesting to see who Louth go for now. They look a team on the up, but they may have peaked this year. Like Kildare should have beaten them in Leinster.

Still, Roscommon are not such a great prospect in comparison and even Mayo seem to be a mess, and the off field BS will drag on too.

There seems to be a fair few lads in and around county teams now who might fancy stepping up. Donaghy is one who might cut his teeth somewhere soon, or if Jacko steps away would he jump in?