NFL Division 1 2013

[donegal lad]

Am I right in thinking that Tyrone and Dublin are guaranteed first and second spot now by virtue of both beating Kildare, who also have a much poorer scoring average if Tyrone and Dublin both lose and they win in the final round (meaning all three finish on 10 points.)

Yeah your right if the 3 teams end level on points will go on scoring difference but Kildare would need a big win against down to over take either team. The battle for 4th has got interesting cork are in poll position knowing a win against mayo guarentees them it but if mayo were to beat them and we pull of a shock against Dublin it will go on scoring difference. Both results could also have a bearing on who gets relegated if Kerry where to beat Tyrone

[theticklemister]

Am I right in thinking that Tyrone and Dublin are guaranteed first and second spot now by virtue of both beating Kildare, who also have a much poorer scoring average if Tyrone and Dublin both lose and they win in the final round (meaning all three finish on 10 points.)

No. doesn't matter if they beat kildare however as if 3 teams or more finish on equal points it goes on scoring difference. indecidentally if dublin and tyrone lose and kildare put up a huge score which sees their points difference go better than tyrone, then tyrone go out of top 2.

cant see that happening however.

if 2 teams finish level thenit goes head-to-head.

[emmetryan]

Hi guys,

New video up here taking another look at Stephen Cluxton coming off his line for Dublin.

http://action81.com/blog/?p=7024

Emmet

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

This table from www.gaa.ie would suggest places are based on head-to-head rather than points difference

Pos    Team    P    W    L    D    F    A    Points
1 Tyrone        6    5     1    0    87 78    10
2 Dublin         6    5     1    0   116 75  10
3 Kildare        6    4     2    0    87  95    8
4 Cork           6    3      3    0   81  86    6
5 Mayo          6    2      4    0   82  80    4
6 Donegal      6    2      4    0   74  74    4
7 Kerry          6    2      4    0   53  73    4
8 Down         6     1      5    0   68  87    2

[supersarsfields]

It's head to head results if there's only two joint. If a three way tie it goes to points difference.

[macdanger2]

Final round of fixtures

Sunday April 7th, 2013 1500
Down vs. Kildare     Newry
Cork vs. Mayo         Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Tyrone vs. Kerry      Omagh
Donegal vs. Dublin  Ballybofey

From a relegation point of view:
Down look certain to go down although if they hockey Kildare at home and two of the three above them lose, they could still survive.
For Mayo / Donegal / Kerry, the same result for all three would likely see Kerry go down (barring a huge points swing)
If two lose / draw and the other gets a win / draw then:
Kerry & Mayo / Donegal - Kerry would go down as they've lost to the other two.
Mayo & Donegal - Mayo have the better head to head but a win for Down would leave it as a three-way tie and there's only two points between us in favour of Mayo so it would be very tight.

I have an inkling Donegal will beat the Dubs at home and stay up with Mayo sending Kerry down on points difference as they both lose.

[J70]

What about Cork? Are they safe due to Kerry's score difference?

And can Donegal qualify for the semis?

[macdanger2]

Yeah, Cork look to be safe based on Kerry's scoring difference.

If Mayo beat Cork (by say 2 points) Donegal winning by 5 would put them into the QF I think.

[Hound]

The three teams already qualified may take the chance to do some experimentation. And/or their intensity may be down a notch. So a treble of Down-Kerry-Donegal might offer some value.

[Aristo 60]

Yeah value for the bookie 

[omagh_gael]

The three teams already qualified may take the chance to do some experimentation. And/or their intensity may be down a notch. So a treble of Down-Kerry-Donegal might offer some value.

Not a chance of Tyrone dropping their intensity or focus for this one.

[Dinny Breen]

How Kildare line-out very much depends on the u21 final next week, win that I expect most of the u21s who have brought fantastic energy to the senior set-up to be rested meaning Kildare will definitely experiment and the squad will be heavily rotated but a lot of the older guys are under pressure to perform so McGeeney might eek a performance out of them. Lose that and I think McGeeney will look to give Hyland, Conway, Cribben, Hurley, Niall Kelly, Dan Flynn, Brophy and Moolick opportunities to impress, if these guys are available to play I think Kildare will win.

[emmetryan]

Hi guys,

Full permutations for all 4 divisions up here http://action81.com/blog/?p=7050

Emmet

[Farrandeelin]

The three teams already qualified may take the chance to do some experimentation. And/or their intensity may be down a notch. So a treble of Down-Kerry-Donegal might offer some value.

That's my worry. If that is the case, Mayo can't blame anyone but themselves for going down.

[Captain Obvious]

The three teams already qualified may take the chance to do some experimentation. And/or their intensity may be down a notch. So a treble of Down-Kerry-Donegal might offer some value.

Not a chance of Tyrone dropping their intensity or focus for this one.

Some of the intensity and focus has to be dropped after already securing semi final place however, Tyrone should still beat Kerry at home.