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Down,Cork and Louth win with a Roscommon/Westmeath draw. Very few would have predicted those results.

From a Down perspective, relegation is a tough one to take. Narrow losses vs Cavan/Louth and Meath. But thems the breaks.
  Promotion was there for the taking for Cavan and Meath today but truth be told(and looking at today's results) I think they are probably happy enough in division 2 for another season.
  Louth did well to maintain division 2 status with some big wins especially today.
  Westmeath do not deserve one point from this league. They are way better than that and had woeful luck. I guess they have to make Leinster final to qualify for Sam(They are on other side of draw from Dublin). On their day they are a handful for anyone.
  Not sure what to make of Rosscommon/Monaghan Before the league started I thought they would be far superior to everyone else in the league, but not the case by a long way. Anyway they are both upto division 1 and good luck to them.
 
 
 

Half time
Louth up 11
Cork by 6
Roscommon by 9
Down by 6.

Some very unexpected scorelines so far.

Louth running away with it up by 9.
Cork by 6
Roscommon by 10
Down by 3.

Even if Down were to win would take a dramatic change in the Cavan or Meath games for a chance.

But you never know!

Louth up by 7 points.
Cork up by 6
Down up by 1
Roscommon by 7

At this stage then Monaghan and Roscommon to go up.

Down and Westmeath for relegation

Just hit 6,000m (9,656km) for the year, more than previous couple of years (getting hit by cars will impede u ok).

Heading to Gran Canaria mid-January for 7th or 8th winter trip to the various Canary islands. Couldn't recommend it highly enough. There's talk in our club of Majorca312 in 2026 (denied in 2020 by Covid). Will likely give that another try.

Have booked Majora for 6th April for 5 nights, haven't been before cycling but a few of the lads i'm going with have so they will know the craic (4 of us so far).
Have also booked a week in Alps (Briancon) for end of June to cycle the Alp d'Huez, Telegraph, Galibier etc etc. Just back on the bike there after a few months off (another hip replacement) and it was tough going. Winter riding is a total bollix.
Let me know how you get on in Gran Canaria...

As u may have guessed from my Strava it did not got well! Was ill the week before we went, after my first very moderate spin on the 1st day there (did have booze night b4 tbf, but whatever bug i had came back with a vengeance) I was in bed for a few days, ate nothing, a truely horrible few days. Recovered a bit to attempt a couple of moderate spins later in the week, but had to abort a climby spin. Being sick on a holiday is not a nice experience, hopefully my 1st & last.

Exactly the same happened to one of the lads last year in Majorca on club trip.
   Was a disaster for him and as sharing room the other fella caught the bug as well later in week.
   

Should either of Cavan or Roscommon lose and we win v Louth then we are promoted if my maths are right.

Yep, in that case on head to head results as Meath beat both Cavan and Roscommon(assuming a likely Monaghan win).
   If all 3 win and Monaghan win Roscommon have a +19 score difference as opposed to +10 Meath and -4 Cavan so likely Roscommon promoted. 
   If Monaghan were to lose in above scenario they are currently +33 score difference, so big advantage.

   PP Odds are to be promoted

Roscommon  4/6

Meath  15/8

Cavan  4/1

No odds even displayed for Monaghan promotion. Theres a tiny chance they could not get promoted. That would rely on a big Meath win vs Louth and a big Down win vs Monaghan should Roscommon win.
    Score difference atm Meath +10 Monaghan +33. 
For Cavan to be promoted they need to win and also need Meath to lose/draw and Monaghan to win/draw. They have head to head win vs Roscommon.
      My head is hurting after this!
   
   
   

           +/-    P
1 Monaghan  33    10
2 Roscommon 19     8
3 Meath     10     8
4 Cavan     -4     8
5 Cork      -9     6
6 Down      -11    4
7 Louth     -19    4
8 Westmeath -19    0

Lots of different permutations to be considered.

Monaghan vs Down
  Must win for Down if any chance of staying up. Monaghan with that score difference look to be going up regardless of other results. But you would still expect a Monaghan win.

Westmeath vs Roscommon
   
  You would imagine Roscommon to win this. Westmeath terribly unlucky throughout this league. Never deserve to be on 0.

Louth vs Meath
   Another key derby game here as well. In the unlikely event of a Down win against Monaghan, Louth would also need to win. Depending on how Cork do, they could all end up on 6 points with Louth having that inferior score difference counting against them.
   A down loss would leave Louth safe regardless of how they do as they beat down on head to head.
   Meath should win, and they have that head to head advantage win over Roscommon(should they beat Westmeath and Cavan lose to Cork).
   Cavan vs Cork
    Cavan at home here and with a chance of promotion. If Monaghan,Cavan and Roscommon win and Meath lose. Cavan go up on head to head vs Roscommon.
    In the above scenario but Meath also win the Rossies score difference advantage should see them through.
   
Cork look to be safe and also have much better score difference than Louth +10 ( but only marginally +2 on Down) should those 3 teams end up on 6 points.

What Cork side are going to turn up @ 9/4 at home.

Do or die for us in Cavan.

Killer loss for Down. You'd imagine it will be Down and Westmeath for the drop.
    Meath have impressed me, they are away to Westmeath next, home to Monaghan with a tricky enough away game against Louth in the last round.
     I wouldn't bet against them going up.
     
     

Any predictions for weekend?
 
Meath vs Roscommon

Westmeath vs Cavan

Louth vs Down

Monaghan vs Cork


   

Meath vs Roscommon - Meath massively improved but might be a step too far this week; Rassies by 3

Westmeath vs Cavan - One of the lesser known local derbies - unless your from Finnea - Cavan by 7

Louth vs Down - Another local Derby of Sorts - Down by 3

Monaghan vs Cork - Definitely not a local derby - Monaghan by 2

Meath are 5/2 and I can't help thinking that is a bit of value. 

me too and I'll have some of that.

Ha! Good man.

Any predictions for weekend?
 
Meath vs Roscommon

Westmeath vs Cavan

Louth vs Down

Monaghan vs Cork


   

Meath vs Roscommon - Meath massively improved but might be a step too far this week; Rassies by 3

Westmeath vs Cavan - One of the lesser known local derbies - unless your from Finnea - Cavan by 7

Louth vs Down - Another local Derby of Sorts - Down by 3

Monaghan vs Cork - Definitely not a local derby - Monaghan by 2

Meath are 5/2 and I can't help thinking that is a bit of value. 

Any predictions for weekend?
 
Meath vs Roscommon

Westmeath vs Cavan

Louth vs Down

Monaghan vs Cork


   

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Geeat first match has me thinking why do we need new rules.
First half of the 2nd game has me thinking can any rules make this any better?
2 bad misses by Murphy.

True. Unfortunately for every clinker of a game like the first one, there are unfortunately far more of the second.
   I thoroughly enjoyed that EC-Crokes game. EC I thought were well deserved winners. All those tight wins in Ulster count for something come semi finals.
   Of course they have the class of the Canavans to rely on. They were quiet the last day vs Kilcoo but on fire today.