Football Qualifiers 2014

[drici]

First out at home.

Roscommon v Armagh

[drici]

Clare v Kildare

[Farrandeelin]

Have Armagh a bus?

[orangeman]

Have Armagh a bus?

They're hiring Roscommon's.

[armaghniac]

Armagh have chambers full of buses.

[illdecide]

Has a date and time been confirmed for Armagh game? I was hoping to make a weekend of it but I'm for Croke Park on Sunday too so not sure how to make both...how long would it take to get from Ross to Dublin? On a Sunday morning... I need to be in Croke for about 10:30am on Sunday morning

[neilthemac]

Via motorway its about 100 mins from Roscommon to Dublin

[commonman]

on a sunday morning you will get from ros to Dublin in around 90 minutes, 20 minutes from Roscommon to athlone, and an hour on the motorway to Liffey valley roundabout

[GalwayBayBoy]

Is there any particular reason why Roscommon v Armagh and Clare v Kildare are fixed for home venues while Galway v Tipp and Cork v Sligo will be played at neutral venues?

[Armaghgeddon]

Is there any particular reason why Roscommon v Armagh and Clare v Kildare are fixed for home venues while Galway v Tipp and Cork v Sligo will be played at neutral venues?

Kildare, Clare, Roscommon and Armagh are in 3B

Others are in 4A - round ahead

[brianboru00]

Theyre round 4 games which have to be neutral AFAIK whereas the Ros/Armagh and Clare/Kildare are still round 3  (3A??)

[commonman]

Is there any particular reason why Roscommon v Armagh and Clare v Kildare are fixed for home venues while Galway v Tipp and Cork v Sligo will be played at neutral venues?

they're at different stages, pot A is at round 4, pot B at round 3. Round 4, or last 12 games, are always nuetral

[GalwayBayBoy]

Is there any particular reason why Roscommon v Armagh and Clare v Kildare are fixed for home venues while Galway v Tipp and Cork v Sligo will be played at neutral venues?

they're at different stages, pot A is at round 4, pot B at round 3. Round 4, or last 12 games, are always nuetral

Ah right. Forgot the Ulster and Leinster finals still to come.

[babarino]

PREDICTIONS
HOME WINS FOR ALL EXCEPT SLIGO AND CAVAN:

Sligo v Limerick, - LIMERICK (Sligo seem to be at a low ebb)
Laois v Tipperary, - LAOIS (Home advantage swings it in favour of Laois)
Cavan v Roscommon, - ROSCOMMON (Roscommon look like they could go places in the next couple of years, Cavan without Mackey)
Down v Kildare, Páirc Esler, - DOWN (Kildare on the way down)
Carlow v Clare, Dr. Cullen Park, CARLOW (Home advantage...neither will get beyond next match)
Tyrone v Armagh, Omagh, - TYRONE (Unfair short turnaround for Armagh)

1 out of 6.  Isn't it just as well I'm not a gambler, or I'd be broke.

[Rossfan]

Are we on the cusp of change in the football world?
Last 14 - FOUR from Connacht, FOUR from Munster, 3 from Ulster and 3 from Leinster.
Perhaps the times they are a changing.