All Ireland Championship 2025.

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

After so many years of Dublin domination and sheer negativity around the sport, do the supporters of the eight quarter-finalists not feel extremely privileged to be at the centre of a festival of football in a near enough sold out Croke Park this weekend?

Good times 😁

It's an interesting era with little between several teams. I think we were already in a pretty open spell post Dublin domination with no outstanding teams but it could be that the new rules have flattened the curve even further. Time will tell is it a case of there being a bit of a vacuum and also teams adjusting to new rules or are we going to see a pattern where the sport is far more open.

Looking forward to Tyrone Dublin tonight. Remains to be seen really where both teams are. Tyrone are certainly in a better place than the rudderless ship of the previous three campaigns and there have been position signs over the past few months. Fact is though they have won 3 from 5 in the Championship and 2 of those were against Cavan. The Donegal win in Ballybofey was hugely encouraging but equally the manner of the subsequent Mayo defeat raised a lot of questions. As such here we are in an AI quarter final and it's hard to know for sure what you're going to get. McKernan injury very unfortunate.

Dubs not convincing either so far but there is plenty of talent there. You have to wonder now they are in a quarter final will they go up a level or two. I can't call it at all.

[Dunneroyal]

Hot and humid weather so we'll see who's fittest.
Meath probably most likely to suffer in the closing stages.

Great to have 4 big games and no one can be sure who'll win.

Quick one for you. Why would Meath suffer the most in hot a humid weather? The majority of team and 20 to 23. Would weather hurt them more than a older team ie Galway

[Armagh18]

Save travels today folks, hopefully the start of a cracking weekends football.

[Rossfan]

Hot and humid weather so we'll see who's fittest.
Meath probably most likely to suffer in the closing stages.

Great to have 4 big games and no one can be sure who'll win.

Quick one for you. Why would Meath suffer the most in hot a humid weather? The majority of team and 20 to 23. Would weather hurt them more than a older team ie Galway

They were out on their feet last 10 minutes v Roscommon.
Years in Division 2 and a lot of younger lads.
Wouldn't have the depth of fitness of a hardened oul team like Galway.

That said Meath will probably hit 1-5 without reply in the last 10😁 and win by 1.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Random pointless observation below.

Have we ever had as much northern (northern half of the country) representation in  an All Ireland quarters as this.

You could draw a line from Donegal to Dublin and all counties are in the quarters.

Donegal borders Tyrone - Tyrone borders Monaghan and Armagh - Monaghan borders Meath Armagh and Tyrone - and Meath borders Dublin and Monaghan.

[David McKeown]

I'm now with Jim. The nerves are killing me having to wait to tomorrow. Want us to have been a 2pm game today now instead.

[nrico2006]

Random pointless observation below.

Have we ever had as much northern (northern half of the country) representation in  an All Ireland quarters as this.

You could draw a line from Donegal to Dublin and all counties are in the quarters.

Donegal borders Tyrone - Tyrone borders Monaghan and Armagh - Monaghan borders Meath Armagh and Tyrone - and Meath borders Dublin and Monaghan.

And Tyrone borders Donegal, Monaghan and Armagh.

[armaghniac]

Random pointless observation below.

Have we ever had as much northern (northern half of the country) representation in  an All Ireland quarters as this.

You could draw a line from Donegal to Dublin and all counties are in the quarters.

Donegal borders Tyrone - Tyrone borders Monaghan and Armagh - Monaghan borders Meath Armagh and Tyrone - and Meath borders Dublin and Monaghan.

Football lies on or close to the N2/A5.

[AustinPowers]

Donegal by 3 - Donegal should have got Sunday, but still should have enough given the Louth game was a second half stroll.

Dublin by 2 - a hesitant vote but the Jacks likely to have their shooting boots on for this one. If they don't, Tyrone will.

Galway by 3 - have been very impressed by Meath this year but they are more vulnerable to goals on bigger pitches like Croker and Dr. Hyde. Galway also have a 2001 aura about them. 

Kerry by 1 - Armagh have been the most impressive team this year. Win this and they will go all the way. But Kerry are still Kerry and will be up for it.

For me Armagh and Tyrone are certainties. The other 2 games are where we might see upsets. I do think Donegal will scrape through but I think Meath might just pip Galway. That would leave a semifinal where Tyrone would be looking for revenge for 1996 when Meath beat them with some beautiful football.

I think it's the  other way round.  Armagh/Kerry and Tyrone/Dublin  very hard to call

The other two games , I just can't see anything other than Donegal and  Galway wins.  Probably both lucky and narrow wins , but just can't see  anything other than  those two getting through

[Blowitupref]

The changes to the published teams for the 4pm game.


Donegal:

Shaun Patton
Finbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan
Ryan McHugh, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Ciaran Moore
Hugh McFadden Michael Langan
Caolan McColgan, Ciaran Thompson, Shane O'Donnell
Conor O'Donnell, Michael Murphy, Oisin Gallen.



Subs: Gavin Mulreany, Stephen McMenamin, Odhran McFadden Ferry, Eoin McHugh, Odhran Doherty, Aaron Doherty, Patrick McBrearty, Jamie Brennan, Niall O'Donnell,Daire O Baoill, Jason McGee, .


Monaghan:

Rory Beggan
Ryan Wylie, Kieran Duffy, Dylan Byrne
Ryan O'Toole, Dessie Ward, Conor McCarthy
Micheal McCarville, Gary Mohan
Aaron Carey, Micheal Bannigan, Ryan McAnespie
Jack McCarron, Andrew Woods, Stephen O'Hanlon.



Subs: Kian Mulligan, Ronan Boyle, Louis Kelly, Darren Hughes, Gavin McPhillips, Ciaran McNulty, Jason Irwin, Killian Lavelle, Stephen Mooney, David Garland, Karl O'Connell

[red hander]

GAA+ stream really is shit

[meathie]

My stream is actually behaving so far!

[meathie]

Monaghan having a good first half...

[Blowitupref]

Monaghan having a good first half...

Early shooting wasn't good, Beggan has showed the outfield players the way since.   

[Tubberman]

GAA+ stream really is shit

Your broadband rather than GAA+?