Football Qualifiers 2014

[yellowcard]

So basically the last 12 will more than likely look like this:

Armagh/Roscommon v Meath
Kildare v Donegal/Monaghan
Tipperary v Galway
Sligo v Cork

That is presuming Dublin beat Meath on Sunday which they should do. You would probably fancy the 4 qualifiers to make the quarter finals to be Roscommon, Monaghan (I'm predicting Donegal to beat Monaghan), Galway and Cork. I can't see any of the qualifiers this year beating any of the provincial winners. That would leave the 2 AI semi finals of Mayo v Kerry and Dublin v Donegal. It will be easier to evaluate the merits of those 4 after the quarter finals are complete but any of them could win it. 

[Syferus]

So basically the last 12 will more than likely look like this:

Armagh/Roscommon v Meath
Kildare v Donegal/Monaghan
Tipperary v Galway
Sligo v Cork

That is presuming Dublin beat Meath on Sunday which they should do. You would probably fancy the 4 qualifiers to make the quarter finals to be Roscommon, Monaghan (I'm predicting Donegal to beat Monaghan), Galway and Cork. I can't see any of the qualifiers this year beating any of the provincial winners. That would leave the 2 AI semi finals of Mayo v Kerry and Dublin v Donegal. It will be easier to evaluate the merits of those 4 after the quarter finals are complete but any of them could win it.

Apart from the three that aren't Dublin.

The gap between the rest of the eventual provincial winners and Dublin is likely significantly larger than between them and the rest.

[yellowcard]

So basically the last 12 will more than likely look like this:

Armagh/Roscommon v Meath
Kildare v Donegal/Monaghan
Tipperary v Galway
Sligo v Cork

That is presuming Dublin beat Meath on Sunday which they should do. You would probably fancy the 4 qualifiers to make the quarter finals to be Roscommon, Monaghan (I'm predicting Donegal to beat Monaghan), Galway and Cork. I can't see any of the qualifiers this year beating any of the provincial winners. That would leave the 2 AI semi finals of Mayo v Kerry and Dublin v Donegal. It will be easier to evaluate the merits of those 4 after the quarter finals are complete but any of them could win it.

Apart from the three that aren't Dublin.

The gap between the rest of the eventual provincial winners and Dublin is likely significantly larger than between them and the rest.

On paper you are right but whether the manic hunger is still there with Dublin is hard to tell. They were marginally better than Mayo in last years final and haven't fully convinced me that they are the shoe ins that a lot of people predict. I'd like to see how they would cope with Donegals ultra defensive style. I think Donegal and their suffocating tactics are the team that will trouble them the most.

[orangeman]

2015

1A: London v Cavan, Laois/Kildare v Antrim, Longford v Carlow, Waterford v Offaly.
1B: Tyrone v Limerick, Louth v Leitrim, Armagh/Donegal v Meath/Wicklow, Wexford/Westmeath v Down
The 1A games will be played on Saturday 20 June.
Round 1B games will take place on Saturday 27 June.

[macdanger2]

Was there not a thing previously about "weaker" teams getting home advantage?