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Tier 2 Quarter finals this weekend

Saturday

Louth v Cavan 1pm
Galway v Kildare 2pm
Sligo v Donegal 2pm

Sunday
Tyrone v Wexford 6pm

Tier 3 Semi finals on Saturday

Westmeath v Laois 12:30pm
Down v Leitrim 1pm

Outright odds to win the Tailteann Cup

Down 13/8
Kildare 5/2
Sligo 9/2
Fermanagh 7/1
Antrim 12/1
Laois 14/1
Leitrim 30/1
Wexford 33/1
Limerick 50/1
Wicklow 50/1
Carlow 66/1

The rest 100/1 or more.

Donegal are the only unbeaten team in league and championship this year. P12 W11 D1  F225  A164

Donegal last year after 12 league and championship games.  W3 D1 L8  F154 A206

Dublin are levels ahead of the others for obvious reasons and GAA refuses to address that.

Aside from that supporters are being short changed, the GAA ticketing system is a shambles and prices are ridiculous with so many games. 25 quid to stand in a terrace with no cover in a meaningless group match with no jeopardy, poor football and for many your county has little chance to even compete. GAA Go thing also an issue.

Most people want knockout football, with teams playing others of a similar level at reasonable ticket prices and ability to pay cash at the gate. The groups are a joke.

Paying cash at the gate is a non starter. For obvious reasons the entire world is moving away from physical cash, and the GAA should be no different.

And yet when one walks inside any GAA stadium you can use cash to buy food,drink and a program. 

Enzo Maresca the new Chelsea manager.  He was Leicester City manager this year winning the championship.

Swift return to the Premier League for Southampton after they beat Leeds 1-0 in the championship play off this evening.

What did the Roscommon player get a black card for? It looked like he was pulled down by the Dublin player

Was coming together of two players I don't think it was even yellow card offence never mind a black card. Not the first time that ref Derek O'Mahoney has handed out odd black card.

From the Hill it was clear that after the ball was played the Roscommon player extended his arm across the Dublin player's chest to prevent him following the play. They then tangled and ended up on the ground. It was a clear black card.

Needs to be deliberate body collide for it to be deemed a black which IMO wasn't the case in that incident. 

That's the end of Shefflin! Galway out of the Championship in May!

Hard to see him manager of Galway next year, results business and Galway greatly underachieved this year.

Hard luck Armagh. Don't see Derry winning any All Ireland tbh, very easily nullified today by a team they beat by 17 pts a few weeks ago. Then again it's hard to know how the provinces measure up and if they'll give Derry the free reign to do what they like.

From what I've seen and similar to U20 this year Ulster appears to be the strongest province of the four.

What did the Roscommon player get a black card for? It looked like he was pulled down by the Dublin player

Was coming together of two players I don't think it was even yellow card offence never mind a black card. Not the first time that ref Derek O'Mahoney has handed out odd black card.

A few results

All Ireland MFC Tier 2 knockout
Clare 1-7 Sligo 2-10
Cavan 2-9 Wicklow 2-5
Monaghan 0-9 Wexford 2-7

All-Ireland MFC Tier 3 quarter-finals
Limerick 0-7 Down 3-13
Tipperary 0-10 Westmeath 3-19


Derry v Armagh Ulster final starting at 1pm live on TG4.
 



 

[It is clear Ten Hag has lost most of the dressing room]

Great result and a fantastic performance from United yesterday.

There are problems beyond Ten Hag though and the fact the United team can produce that level of performance and Sancho can drive Dortmund to a CL final highlights this.

It is clear Ten Hag has lost most of the dressing room but a Wembley cup final is an occasion players can forget this. For that reason United are likely to restructure everything at the club and start with a new manager.

Ten Hag did his best, but the club was a mess.

If that was the case it would have been 3 or 4-0 defeat than sticking to the managers game plan to beat Man City.

Donegals best performance since win against Derry. In a very good position to top the group now and would have to fancy them to reach the last 4 for the first time in a decade which was last done under McGuinness.

Some win for United was a mile out on my prediction thinking City would win by a bit to spare. Yes I believe that's the case so bad day for Newcastle especially missing out on European football altogether next season

Great performance today. Brilliant result. Every player put a shift in and City looked ordinary. Bad season but finished with a good trophy.  Inited win means chelsea are conference and Newcastle aren't in Europe at all.

Decent competitive half in Croke Park with some fine scores from play. Dublin 0-10 Roscommon 0-9

Dublin showed their clash in the end to win by 12 but a harsh scoreline on Roscommon when you consider it was 0-17 to 0-13 on 65 minutes and they missed to frees just before Dublin got their first goal.