Predict Prelim Q/finals: Kildare/Monaghan, Cork/Ros, Donegal/Tyrone, Galway/Mayo

[Rudi]

Sorry for the Rossies, great comeback form 5 pts down, obs plenty of spirit there. But their tactics are tedious to watch

Would agree, made to many stupid mistakes, poor kickouts & horrible turnovers. Scrappy goal for Cork & an open one missed by us.
Still won 4 from 7 league games, best Mayo, drew with Dublin, lost games by a max of 4 points. Progress made & with Harney, O Rourke & others back next year, will hopefully get much better. Disappointing to lose to 2 division 2 teams, but definitely something to build on for next year. Hopefully we lose our flaky nature & trust our forwards more with a more attractive game plan.

[armaghniac]

Monaghan not converting good chances.

[joemamas]

Ref is brutal
Shouldn't be allowed to referee a junior B game, no disrespect to junior B

[thewobbler]

Watching endless and unnecessary minutes of handpassing being punished by a breakaway point is now my favourite thing in football.

This ref is like a hurling ref, but in a bad way. He blows his whistle to give teams a break rather than because a a foul was committed.

[Silkyskillssunshinee]

Did Monaghan kick any ball in during that first half??

[ClubScene13]

I think Armagh would be very happy with Tyrone and Galway wins here, as they can't draw either of them in the quarter final. They would be nicely poised if they were looking at a draw of Cork or the winners of Kildare / Monaghan.

While I don't think they would win a semi final, they would be hard to put away if they made it that far.

On a side note, a Tyrone defeat tonight would be criminal, that's not a good Donegal team and if we have anything left in the tank we need to be winning. A really poor 2 years would be summed up by defeat tonight and bowing out without a whimper again.

[Wildweasel74]

That Donegal Team better than you think at Ballybofey, they come on well since the Down game.

[straightred]

Ref is brutal
Shouldn't be allowed to referee a junior B game, no disrespect to junior B

He's let 3 high tackles by Kildale defenders go. The last one on the number 10 was dangerous

[ClubScene13]

That Donegal Team better than you think at Ballybofey, they come on well since the Down game.

I expect it to be tight due to the Ballybofey factor, but we just need to get over the line given the wider context of this season. Derry were able to pull away from them comfortably enough in the end a few weeks ago. We're not as good as Derry at the minute for sure, but if you want to be competitive in the latter stages you're gonna have to get up to the level Derry have been at, let alone Kerry and Dublin.

[screenexile]

Jees lads this ref is brutal

[square_ball]

Ref is brutal
Shouldn't be allowed to referee a junior B game, no disrespect to junior B

He's not started the 2nd half well either.

[Derryman forever]

Jees lads this ref is brutal

Who is he?

[square_ball]

Cian Ward very good on co-commentary.

[Saffron_sam20]

I despise the forward mark

[ardtole]

Cian Ward very good on co-commentary.

Cian Ward is a regular on Parkinson's, smaller fish podcast, he is very good.Great knowledge of the club scene too.