County Rankings 2001-2015

[SouthDublinBro]

Cork would demolish Monaghan in a championship match. 

[Schkite]

Monaghan have surely been a good improver too, can't imagine we were there at the start of the year!

Ulster champions?

Yeah a good 2013 but I wouldn't say we were that high all the same! Just looked there and seen the actual table for +/- change. Interested that Monaghan were down a tiny bit in points though up in the rankings, but that was from the start of the championship and after winning Division 2, as opposed to this time last year. Armagh definitely the big movers this year though.

Cork would demolish Monaghan in a championship match. 

Demolish us if we met next year? They would in their hole. You do talk some scutter, 74 posts and almost all negative aul bollix, usually about a county north of you and your bros.

[armaghniac]

Yeah a good 2013 but I wouldn't say we were that high all the same! Just looked there and seen the actual table for +/- change. Interested that Monaghan were down a tiny bit in points though up in the rankings, but that was from the start of the championship and after winning Division 2, as opposed to this time last year. Armagh definitely the big movers this year though.

Monaghan won Ulster last year and then won Div 2, so came into the championship with a reasonable score, Armagh had been relegated so had a lower base to improve from.

[magpie seanie]

Laoisman11's rankings look pretty solid at first glance.

[muppet]

Laoisman11's rankings look pretty solid at first glance.

Hard to accept there is that much between us and Kerry but the methodology is better than anything else I've seen.

[macdanger2]

Laoisman11's rankings look pretty solid at first glance.

Hard to accept there is that much between us and Kerry but the methodology is better than anything else I've seen.

There's 30 Celtic crosses between us 

[screenexile]

Cork would demolish Monaghan in a championship match.

On what evidence?

[blanketattack]

Cork would demolish Monaghan in a championship match.

Cork are pretty much on par with Tipperary. Do you think Tipperary would demolish Monaghan?

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Cork would demolish Monaghan in a championship match.

Cork are pretty much on par with Tipperary. Do you think Tipperary would demolish Monaghan?

I think I've spotted where you went wrong there...

[armaghniac]

This guy has done good work and updated his rankings, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football_rankings

Current state of play after the leagues, the chapionship may lead to bigger changes.

1 Dublin          101.23
2 Kerry       98.28
3 Donegal   96.52
4 Mayo      95.79
5 Cork      95.33
6 Monaghan    93.57
7 Tyrone           89.62
8 Armagh    87.68
9 Meath            87.65
10 Derry           87.2
11 Roscommon   86.02
12 Galway    84.54
13 Down            83.34
14 Kildare    82.83
15 Laois            82.23
16 Tipperary    81.19
17 Cavan    80.49
18 Fermanagh    77.86
19 Sligo            75.32
20 Longford    74.63
21 Westmeath 74.37
22 Clare           74.35
23 Limerick    74.09
24 Wexford   74.01
25 Louth            74
26 Offaly           73.19
27 Antrim    70.11
28 Leitrim           69.54
29 Wicklow   64.45
30 London    62.37
31 Carlow    62.27
32 New York    60.7
33 Waterford    60.33

[topcuppla]

I would say that is a fair reflection of Armagh, a decent run through the backdoor and they have the potential to reach the quarters again.

[magpie seanie]

Look fairly reasonable. I'd argue we're better than Fermanagh but they beat us in Markievicz in the league and got promoted so the rankings are fully justifiable. Roscommon and Offaly could argue for being a few places higher and Waterford are better than NY.

[J70]

I would say that is a fair reflection of Armagh, a decent run through the backdoor and they have the potential to reach the quarters again.

I would have thought you boys would be raring to go in Ulster after beating Tyrone and running us very close last year!

Should we beat Tyrone, I would certainly be expecting a very tight match in the Ulster quarter final.

[armaghniac]

I would say that is a fair reflection of Armagh, a decent run through the backdoor and they have the potential to reach the quarters again.

I would have thought you boys would be raring to go in Ulster after beating Tyrone and running us very close last year!

Should we beat Tyrone, I would certainly be expecting a very tight match in the Ulster quarter final.

Last year Armagh got their act together in the championship in a way that they hadn't in the league and this is needed again this year, if they do then they may give Donegal a good game.  Other than meeting Donegal early, I don't think on present form that they could beat anyone above Monaghan in the rankings in a later game.

[giveballaghback]

Monaghan are a mile ahead of anyone else if you factor in population, resources etc, now most will say this does not count but we all know it does, so when the "top" team goes up to collect their "celtic cross" thanks to some multi euro deal and a professional set up in everything but name the truth is they were bought by big business but we all know that the Monaghans of this championship are the real heroes.
Yere rankings are a load of rubbish.