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Hope to see a good crowd in Breffni today.

A shock is on the cards - I can feel it in me waters. Longford 11/2 for the win so I am off to put a few bob on us.

Or else I am beginning to get trouble 'down below' 

Congrats to Jarlath Burns.

Gas that I got him tickets for one of those Croke Park Ulster finals!!

I expect seats beside Michael D for his 3 years!!

Good to see no barrell is safe!

[Mayo]

Mayo v Kerry
Galway v Tyrone
Monaghan v Donegal
Roscommon v Armagh

Derry v Meath
Clare v Kildare
Louth v Limerick
Cork v Dublin

Fermanagh v Down
Cavan v Longford
Westmeath v Offaly - draw
Tipperary v Antrim

Wicklow v London
Sligo v Waterford
Carlow v Laois
Wexford v Leitrim

We're lucky to be only bottom 

This is terrible news. A Board legend. RIP to him and my sympathies to his family and friends.

I was there and I cannot fathom it.....saw that happen once before to us. Leinster semi final
V Dubs in 1985. We made Westmeath look like Kerry.

Mortified.

[Down]

Onto the games this weekend, some of the games look pretty clear cut going by the bookies.

Down massive favourites v Antrim 1/8
Cavan strong favourites v Tipp 1/5
WMeath away to Longford 4/7
Offaly home to Fermanagh 4/7

Down v Antrim: Hard to argue with routine win for Down
Cavan v Tipp: While Cavan have yet to fire upfront, should still have plenty for a Tipp team without their star player.
Longford v WMeath: Early days yet but huge pressure on both teams in this local derby after a very bad showing in R1. I'm finding it hard to call. Draw.
Offaly v Fermanagh: I've called out Offaly from the start to go well this year so I'll stick with them but this will be a huge test of their credentials. Fermanagh very impressive first day out. Always defensively tough and scored well against the tipped Slashers. Great opportunity for either team to top the table and for the gambler the Ernemen offer value. Draw at 15/2 also chancy in accumulator.

No No and Thrice No. We are not the Slashers.

Fermanagh will beat Offaly I think. Other than that I agree with the calls.

Longford will probably be missing the O'Byrne Cup captain for Sunday.

Barry O'Farrell's Dad died on Tuesday.
RIP

[Kerry]

Kerry v Monaghan
Galway v Roscommon
Tyrone v Donegal
Armagh v Mayo - draw

Meath v Clare
Kildare v Cork
Louth v Derry
Limerick v Dublin

Down v Antrim
Cavan v Tipperary
Offaly v Fermanagh
Longford v Westmeath

Waterford v Carlow
London v Leitrim
Wicklow v Sligo
Laois v Wexford

Longford unable to build on their pre-season success. Good win for Fermanagh and according to shannonside radio commentary said Longford was lucky the margin was just 7 points. FT Fermanagh 0-15 Longford 0-8

Yeah. It was a mixture of Fermanagh good/Longford bad. And yes, Fermanagh shud have won by more.

Onwards to Westmeath next week in Longford.

It was mental gymnastics of the highest order.

I couldn't make head nor tail of it.

Louth were 100% at fault and Offaly were not far behind.

Last time Crokes won they had Longford's Brian Kavanagh on the team. He transferred from his small club in Longford a few years earlier.

There wasn't a fuss at the time - but he did teach in the area.

So why the fuss now? You either allow it, or you don't. Just because Walsh is higher profile should not be a factor.

That said, while I live just across the bypass from Stillorgan, I dont have any grá for the Crokes.

Mickey Harte having a pop at those who castigated Louth for pulling out of the trip to Wexford.

https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/harte-hits-out-at-narrative-that-louth-damaged-integrity-of-obyrne-cup/