Predict the 2013 NFL Division 1 winners

[GalwayBayBoy]

Tyrone getting a lot of votes.

[ONeill]

The Lily Johnstones for me.

[moysider]

Kerry will win it. We could struggle to stay up.

Agreed. Teams don't stay in Div 1 forever and Mayo were fortunate that Dubs match last yr was fogged off at HT. I think Mayo are there the longest.

Nah. With 4 home games Mayo will have no problems in the league, while rotating the selections like last year and ending up in a league final nobody wanted.

Unfortunately our problems come later. After all our extended league and championship run last year we got the selection and tactics spectaculary wrong when it mattered.

[Fuzzman]

I haven't looked at Cork & Kerry's fixtures but I fancy them to make the final. Have we semis this year

[Croí na hÉireann]

Kerry will win it. We could struggle to stay up.

Preferred the old Mick.

[yellowcard]

McEniff not interested in league glory

Donegal's two All-Ireland winning managers celebrate after the final whistle - Brian McEniff and Jim McGuinness ©INPHO/James Crombie
Retaining the Ulster and All-Ireland SFC titles should be Donegal's number one focus this year - not the league, insists Brian McEniff.

Speaking from experience, Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland winning manager has advised Jim McGuinness to not get distracted by the lure of league glory.

His team reached the 1993 NFL final but lost their Ulster crown in that year's final.

"Getting to the league final was probably the worst thing that could have happened to us, especially when it ended level," McEniff recalled in the Irish Independent.

"We had an ageing team and we were going flat out into the second week in May in two very tough games with Dublin. Naturally, we wanted to win as much as we could at the time, but we'd probably have been better off to have been out of the league earlier.

McEniff continued: "Staying in Division 1 - as they did last year - is what the league is all about for Donegal. I wouldn't be at all concerned about whether or not they reach the knock-out stages and I'm sure Jim won't be either. It's all about May 26 and the Ulster championship game with Tyrone."




An outsider who had no knowledge of the GAA would struggle to comprehend this attitude. The 2nd most important competition and McEniff has stated that they would be better out of the competition earlier. I'm sure he's not alone among managers in thinking this but its an attitude that the GAA need to examine and why it exists. Teams complain about a lack of fixtures and then managers take this attitude.

I'd expect Down to be relegated and possibly Donegal and Kildare to join them. Really any of the other 5 teams could win the League.