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Dont see what difference it makes. Wouldve liked to have seen meath\kildare kept apart as theyve already met but apart from that is all seemed legit.

I am just wondering about the possible scenarios for the club championship games in August and if anyone can shed some light on the situation?

There is a round of club championship games pencilled in for the weekend of August 7th but it all depends on how Mayo get on.

To my reckoning if Mayo win against Roscommon, they are in the All Ireland quarter finals,which is yet to be confirmed for a weekend in early August, either the 1st or 7th. I think this date is more likely the 7th which would push the club championship out another week to the weekend 14th? Or would it?

And if Mayo lose the Connacht final, they are have one (or two?) game(s) in the back door which, if they win, will also mean they are in a quarter final which means that that club fixture is pushed out again ? Or does it?

If Mayo win, they play on the weekend of July 30th/31st/August 1st. If Mayo lose it's that oul 6-day turn around (23rd of July I think.) Hope that clears it up for ya.

Thanks, so the club championship weekend of August 7th is set in stone unless Mayo draw a quarter final or something?

The way that draw went means its all up in the air again. Will now def be playin wkend 30th\31st in either a 4th round or a quarter final. If its a 4th round and we win then therell be a qf the wkend 7th August, pushing club championship games out again.

Really enjoyed the Guard. Some great one liners and has a darker undertone. Gleeson is superb as usual. 4\5.

Lucky break to get the extra weeks prep. Tough on the ulster losers to have to go out on the following sat against kildare\meath. Alot will depend on the nature of the defeat as to whether the loser can recover. Id be thinking more along the lines of longford if its one of the northern teams.

Chr!st there seems to be alot of arguing on this board about damn all....Back to the impending match. Whilst there was alot wrong with mayo against galway the one thing that struck me about this group was the workrate in that match. It started with Alan feeney robbing a ball under the stand and everyone else seemed to take the lead from there. Marker set down early. If this group is going to continually work as hard under JH then we should get the max out of the players we have. The starting point for any team should be a strong work ethic. and boy will we need one in the hyde.
Like most am expecting a really close game. I think Ronan McGarrity has a huge role to play at some stage, would like to see him starting if fit. Would fear that the rossies have 2\3 on form forwards wholl be difficult to hold, particularly with some question marks over a couple of our backline. With that said we'll need our freetaker(s) on form this time to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Im confident enough that we have the leaders in moran and dillon to sort the freetaking out. Twas very noticable the last day how much of a leader andy has become in this team, particularly in the first half when things weren't going right - he was the one cajoling, encouraging.
Anyway cant wait for the throw in and tis good to add to the mayo invasion here