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McGeeney reminds me of Liam Brady. An exceptional player but not a manager. Sometimes drive is not enough

Colm O'Rourke was in the Sindo yesterday. The rule of thumb is 6 points to stay up and 10 to be promoted.
It is not ideal to lose 2 matches and draw another and if you do you are dependent on the comfort of strangers.
It has happened to Galway enough times in recent years..

Sooner the GAA have their own TV channel the better.

Does the GAA have a proper plan? Your have 2 problems here, RTE are constrained, they have half a dozen stations on Saorview but are not allowed show additional programmes when they could show complete games during the week. The other problem is that the GAA look on rights as purely a money game, and undervalue having more coverage, for instance when UTV had a magazine programme but could not get the clips to show on it.

I dunno but back in the day RTE did not seem to regard GAA as worthy. There was defo. more horse racing live. Rugby, hockey and showjumping would have got more attention and exposure. The AI replay between Dublin and Mayo in 85 was not live. Neither was Roscommon v Armagh in '77. There is no footage of the Roscommon v Mayo Connacht Final in 79. I remember that because Joe McGrath scored 2-5 from play, got an All-Star, but only player that got an All-Star that there was no video clip for.
In '91 I think only the last game of the Dublin v Meath epic was shown live. It was probably well into the 90's before all provisional finals even were live matches.

They only showed 10 live matches back in the good old days and it didn't include provincial finals.
Maybe Ros vs Armagh was deleted. That was a big problem 40 years ago

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/the-seasons-of-sundays-in-their-own-words-1.1476526

Not showing Tipp vs Armagh was bad, not showing anything of Offaly vs Laois was criminal - they had the cameras in the ground for the hurling, so there was no additional cost whatsoever. If it turned out to be a drab procession for one team or another fair enough, but instead it was one of the best games of the day. Up there with Armagh and Tipp.....

RTE are not very fluirseach at the moment. I think budgets are very tight . They lost €20 million last year.

Winter is officially over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN79qPVL3gg

Croke Park and the rugby World Cup
https://twitter.com/Inphosports/status/844246831232106496

How long ago were Westmeath in Division 1? Laois were in Division 1 five years ago and now they've dropped into Division 4. It's strange to see teams go into free fall like that. Armagh could be next but it's unlikely.

Laois hammered Galway by 1-20 to 0-08 in D2 in 2014.
Next year Laois will be in D4 and Galway in D1.
It's a funny old world

Galway don't beat Waterford that often

Division 2 next year:

Meath
Cavan
Cork
Down
Clare
Roscommon
Louth
Tipperary

It will be tough division to get out of again. Cavan and Roscommon will be looking to rebound. Cork will be looking to get back on track, Clare and Tipp will be looking to keep improving. Louth are improving but how far can they go. They won't be easy beat. Down could go either way. We'll probably be in the promotion shake up but we'll probably drop a few points along the way and it'll be a close call again.

Meath are better than the 2 teams departing D1.
Down may not be arsed. Tipp are inconsistent.

Galway made hard work of that, should have been well out of sight early on in the 2nd. We were very sloppy in front of the posts.

Shane Walsh was outstanding, lets hope we see more of that come the summer.

Its the first time I've seen McHugh, David Walsh & Lavelle, McHugh offered nothing from open play and whilst Walsh didn't really do anything wrong he certainly looks a bit one paced. Lavelle's kick outs were good, a couple of hairy moments but they were because of lack of awareness from defenders.

Walsh is a give me the f##### ball type of player. He scored at vital times. If Mayo had someone like him the famine would be over.

Wonder what is stopping Galway from having a tilt at Sam?

Mayo have been doing the John the Baptist routine for a few years . Everything in its own time

Jinxy, it's a pity you can't be optimistic like some people

Laura Mullen MIPAV‏ @LauraMullen34 
Well done today @MeathGAA, great win!! Div 1 in sight now for 2018 #GAA #AllianzLeagues

Maybe a career in sales would help

I am sure the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan would welcome the jerseys

Seafoid it is easier to ignore than reply...

I imagine. Did you try Sabra and Sharia or Bourj Al Barajneh ? Nár laga  Dia sibh.

It has been 32 years and 11 games since Kildare last beat Galway. Cian O'Neill tried changing things up today and put out a team that Kevin Walsh would have known very little about, despite their inexperience they battled bravely and only lost by a point. Next week will be massive, a big pity it isn't being played in Tullamore and instead fans are expected to pay for the rubbish that will come after it.

The 2 best teams. It is good to see Kildare playing well again. And Meath aren't bad either.

Only 1 div 1a team in the semis. The Galway match was unbelievable. 

Sounds like a right sickener for Armagh but what a result for Tipperary.  The importance of that for long term football in Tipperary cannot be overestimated.

Not as culturally important as Aherla making history.