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Very harsh verdict meted out to Monaghan, not least the Monaghan GAA public who have now lost a home fixture but it seems the GAA are trying to implement a crack-down on what they perceive to be the appeals culture that exists within the organisation. As such it would seem to be having an immediate effect as Kildare (and possibly Cork and Armagh) are expected to withdraw from making any appeals on the fines they received for recent transgressions.

I can kind of understand where the GAA are coming from on this one but I still don't agree with them. If they wanted to take the hard line in this case then double the fine rather than have a county's support-base lose a game.  Monaghan have been made the guinea pigs in this one purely because they were the first to launch an appeal in the post-Portlaoise GAA world we now live in.

10k fines and player suspensions for that? I've seen more pushing and shoving at the bar at last call. 

Between Armagh v Cork and Monaghan v Kildare they wasn't one decent punch thrown but I suppose someone has to think of the children in all this. 

TY for that, D. O'Sullivan is Denis yeah? Blond lad who came on in a few games as a sub?

Yeah, that's him from Ballinascarty. Would rate him slightly ahead of Sean Kiely or Conor O'Driscoll for the wing-back slot. All three look very promising but wouldn't be surprised if Counihan opts for Kissane again come the summer. Personally I feel Cork need to shake-up the half-back line a bit.

Cork

1. O'Halloran
2. Cotter
3. Shields
4. Cadogan
5. O'Leary
6. Canty
7. D. O'Sullivan
8. O'Connor
9. Walsh
10. Sheehan
11. Kelly
12. Kerrigan
13. Goulding
14. O'Connor
15. C. O'Neill

I'd prefer Shields at centre-back but I don't see it happening this year. Mark Collins to replace Sheehan if he is unable to recover in time for the Championship. Pearse O'Neill to rotate with the starting midfield.

Poor performance from Cork and lucky enough to hold on for a point in the end. Cork should have been further ahead before the sending-off and in the second period we retreated too deep with the 14 men trying to hold on to the lead rather than pushing on to try and finish the game with a few scores of our own.

Don't have a big issue with the sending-off as Kerrigan raised his hand so under the rules deserved to go but overall I felt the referee was poor with some dubious calls made in the second half. I suppose you definitely know the GAA season is bang in earnest again when we are complaining about poor officiating so nothing new there.

Armagh deserved the draw and should be competitive in the division when they have a full contingent of players available. Cork will need to get a few of our forwards back from injury because the forward unit that lined out today will not be good enough in the long run.

Cork will probably have an experimental look about their team. Missing a few due to injury, particularly in the forwards and other fringe players are away on Sigerson duty, but Armagh will be missing their Cross' contingent so a hard game to predict what will happen, as tends to be the case in the first round of the League.

With Goulding and Sheehan out for a while, Kerrigan and Colm O'Neill (might miss this game) will be expected to carry the scoring threat in the forwards. Opportunity for Fintan Goold to stake a claim as well. Big talent, but has struggled to fulfill his potential thus far at senior level. Canty is fully-fit for the first time in a while so that is a positive.