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Better than the Donegal statement 

Bizarre ending but that is the "great" new rules for you. Some championship for Meath to reach the last 4 totally against the odds and have beaten Kerry,Dublin and now knocked Galway out of the championship.  Fully deserved win for Meath and kept calm when Galway scored 2-3 in 4 minutes. End of the road for Joyce with Galway?

Tyrone didn't need to be at their best to win that pulling up.  Writing on the wall for Dublin coming into that game,  not good enough to win Leinster this year and only fell over the line against a poorly organised Cork last week. Their weapons of better fitness and strength in depth than their opponents in the knock out stages is no longer there.

Donegal hugely impressive in the 1st game will take some stopping now.  Big Jim said afterwards the statement during the week was nothing to do with him and his players.

The right thing to do as it wasn't working out this season.
Best wishes to Davy and the rest of the backroom.
We'd a few good days... Almost making League Final 2023,
Castlebar 2023, only team Dublin didn't beat in the 2023 Championship, Omagh last year.
Some not so good.
Wheels weren't turning smoothly on the wagon this year.

Time to get rid of that footnote Rossfan. The dream had died back when Mchugh left anyway.

McHugh with Roscommon seems to be a case of absence grows the heart fonder?

1 year with Fermanagh minor team
1 year with Donegal ladies team
1 year with Roscommon
1 year with Moycullen
and now it's sure to be 1 year with Westmeath


Gerry McGowan who was involved in 2023 was probably more responsible for having Roscommon more organised then. Try to get him back with the new manager and before Sligo snap him up. 

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.

Interesting weekend ahead.    Along with Armagh I think Donegal,Galway are the fittest teams left with the best strength in depth although their opponent Monaghan,Meath are rested giving them a decent chance to cause upset.

A rested Tyrone,Armagh should be winning their Quarter finals against Kerry and Dublin who couldn't top their groups for a reason and Dublin weren't good enough to win Leinster this year plus Kerry were lucky Cork didn't beat them in Munster.   

Doesn't matter who is their manager. We all know they won't be winning Sam.

The target of winning Sam has been replaced with trying to at least reach the last 8 of the championship.  Last 12 exit last year and out of this years championship at the group stage.

I'd wonder what thinking if any went into that statement.  McStay a former army man and they decided to use "relieved from their roles" ah sure why not throw in removal from his position or discharged from service.

Can't call three of those games. Galway will beat Meath even with their injuries.

Three Ulster teams should reach the last four and lucky Galway will find a way to fall over the line.

Is this not a game too far for Galway?Think the extra games have suited Kerry But Galway needed a handy game last week and they had another battle to the end. Meath are still a bit of an unknown quantity but if any other of the remaining teams won all their group games and beat Kerry & the Dubs in the championship, they'd be definite favourites.

Armagh v Kerry boils down to Armagh limiting Clifford's influence and the way they are defending I wouldn't count on it. If they can win midfield and cut off the supply, that's half the job done, but defensively Armagh don't look as balanced as they did last year with McKay out.

Galway don't do handy games unless they go up against poorly organised teams low on confidence. Both Meath and Galway will be happy with that draw.

Kerry to me could have done with the rest but I'd expect that slip up v Meath will now mean a last 8 exit.

Armagh should take Kerry out. Dublin, Galway are looking vulnerable for next week but Galway might find a way to progress again.

Of the four winners this weekend Donegal look best placed to win next week and if they do will be hard stopped in the business end of this championship.

Tyrone should win it. Kerry pushed all the way by a Mayo team that wouldn't be considered to have any standout players really.

Conor Hession, Dara Flanagan and both midfielders are stand out players and will be suprise if they don't go on to impress further at U20 level.

Having seen both in action this year a few times, the competitive game with Kerry edging it went along the expected lines.

First game Roscommon was holding their own but the poor finish to the 1st half was the losing of the game. Tyrone 4 ahead a seen it out with yet another strong defensive team effort and do the same against Kerry they won't be beaten.

Was it just my bias today or did the Dubs and Kerry get some very handy decisions at critical times.

Foreby that, neither Cork or Cavan looked like they had any belief that they could win. Cork in particular stood off the Dubs when they needed the ball in the last few minutes. Good job they've no following or they'd be driving their supporters demented!

Very debatable decisions not the first or last time a lot of 50/50 calls goes to Kerry,Dublin.

Not sure about belief with Cork,  their legs appeared gone for the last 10 or 15 minutes of games, got away with it against Roscommon last week not so tonight.  The next Cork manager will need to focus strongly on fitness and conditioning as more important than ever under these new rules now.

Next week the 1st time since Feb kerry will have played an actual decent team?

Did you miss Meath 1-22 v Kerry 0-16 match last week?  In the Munster championship they just about got over the line after extra time v Cork.

2 weeks of rest aren't going to make much difference to Meath or Monaghan.

Disagree. The rest will give both a better chance of winning their All Ireland quarter than if they had three matches in consecutive weekends and then playing a rested opponent.

Neither Meath nor Monaghan are weapons grade. They won't get anywhere near Sam.

If I was to read back I bet you were saying something similar about Armagh this time last year,  after all Armagh back then hadn't reached All Ireland semi final for 19 years. 

2 weeks of rest aren't going to make much difference to Meath or Monaghan.

Disagree. The rest will give both a better chance of winning their All Ireland quarter than if they had three matches in consecutive weekends and then playing a rested opponent.

People need to stop bringing Div 1 teams and Div 2 teams to make a point.  The last two All Ireland champions was won by teams that played their spring football in Div 2 and Derry reached back to back All Ireland semi finals having played in Div 2 both years. It's a last 16 now down to the last 12. There isn't much of gap if any at all between those battling relegation in Division 1 and those pushing for promotion to Div 1. 

Would be nice to see a shock or two this weekend but the 4 favourites Donegal,Galway,Dublin,Kerry should win,  what shape they'll be in for the following week against a rested Monaghan,Meath,Tyrone,Armagh remains to be seen.