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Dublin had an extremely poor performance last week against Donegal. Apart from Howard, Rock and McCarthy I don't think a single Dublin player played at even 80% of their capability and yet won without difficulty and missed a ridiculous amount of chances against the Ulster champions.

If for no other reason than to shut up all the people who say Dublin only win because of Croke Park I hope Dublin go out and repeat last years result.

You guys keep missing the point, Dublin are a great team & would, most likely, win no matter where they played. The problem we have is with Croke Park who keep loading the dice against everyone else in the interests of making money.

If we have a problem with Dubs it is that they keep defending the indefensible & say that nothing is wrong.

[(if Tyrone beat the Dubs, we are done).]

I think it still remains to be seen whereabouts Donegal are at. We were hammered by Tyrone and Galway only a year ago, although we have improved dramatically, at least tactically, this year. Roscommon owe their supporters an extremely serious effort here, so Donegal will have to match that intensity. I'd be very happy with a one point win to (presumably) keep our hopes alive for the Tyrone game (if Tyrone beat the Dubs, we are done).

I'm that (unlikely) situation, a win for ye v Tyrone the following week would leave three teams on 4 points

If we beat Ros by one point & Tyrone beat Dublin, we would need to hammer Tyrone by at least 12 points & I don't see that happening.

Tyrone ain't beating Dublin, though.

Can't see it either, but you never do know.

Jim Gavin very unhappy with Dublin's performance against Donegal. I expect to see Dublin players playing for places against Tyrone & a five point win.

Masterstroke by Declan Bonner

[(if Tyrone beat the Dubs, we are done).]

I think it still remains to be seen whereabouts Donegal are at. We were hammered by Tyrone and Galway only a year ago, although we have improved dramatically, at least tactically, this year. Roscommon owe their supporters an extremely serious effort here, so Donegal will have to match that intensity. I'd be very happy with a one point win to (presumably) keep our hopes alive for the Tyrone game (if Tyrone beat the Dubs, we are done).

I'm that (unlikely) situation, a win for ye v Tyrone the following week would leave three teams on 4 points

If we beat Ros by one point & Tyrone beat Dublin, we would need to hammer Tyrone by at least 12 points & I don't see that happening.

Yes I was wondering how this works. If three teams all have 4 points and they have all won a head to head against each other, is it simply scoring diffeence overall?

Yes

Not if Donegal beat Roscommon & Tyrone it isn't

Whoever wins next week is guaranteed at least second place and passage through to the semi final.

If Tyrone win next week & Donegal win in Roscommon & Ballybofey they will each have 4 points & Dublin beat Roscommon then Dublin Tyrone & Donegal will all be on 4 points.

How is anyone guaranteed a place in the semi final if all three are on 4 points?

OK, now do you see how nonsensical your first post was, given the sequential nature of this series of games?

My response was to the title of the thread not to the post.

Not if Donegal beat Roscommon & Tyrone it isn't

Whoever wins next week is guaranteed at least second place and passage through to the semi final.

If Tyrone win next week & Donegal win in Roscommon & Ballybofey they will each have 4 points & Dublin beat Roscommon then Dublin Tyrone & Donegal will all be on 4 points.

How is anyone guaranteed a place in the semi final if all three are on 4 points?

Very disappointing to see Dublin play that shtye for the last 10 mins.   I'm getting g fed up with football, time to bring in some changes before the entire entertainment aspect disappears...

More disappointing from Donegal not trying to press them I would say

hadn't No issue with it, Dublin were playing keep ball to conserve energy for a tough game in seven days & Donegal hadn't the energy left at the end of a hard 70 minutes to go chasing round Croke Park after them on a warm evening for exactly the same reason.

This was a league game with nothing decided one way or the other, Donegal's target in the the Super 8's is to beat Roscommon & Tyrone while avoiding getting hammered against Dublin.

Not if Donegal beat Roscommon & Tyrone it isn't

Dublin hugely the better team & well worth the win. Cluxton was immense & the Dublin midfield were brilliant.

Like a lot of others I didn't like the "keep ball" stuff in the last 10 minutes & it's a pity Donegal didn't land a few hefty wallops on the Dubs during this period. If you are going to engage in that sort of carry on then there should be a price to be paid.

Donegal doing well but unforced errors are the last thing they need.

Can't help but feel that Dublin are playing in second gear here. Donegal nee to back themselves & really take the game to Dublin if they are to have any chance.

The super 8s will be interesting this year and for the next 2-3 years but it'll become repetitive after that and we'll realise that like the qualifiers before it, it mainly benefits the stronger counties

If we get good games & a bit of drama we will be as happy as sand boys & won't care less about the divide between the best & the rest which always has existed & always will.

Ballybofey

Town End & River End, not the most imaginative but the Ballybofey folk are a bit like that.

We won one game in Division 1 and needed a lad getting sent off for not having a gum-shield in order to do that. We beat 4 teams in Ulster helped by wasteful shooting and eventual throwing in of the towel by our opposition.

There's no doubt that the team have improved but this idea that we are highly likely to finish 2nd in the group is a load of bull.

And the reason the opposition threw in the towel was.........