All Ireland Championship 2025.

[Dunneroyal]

I don't know why the obsession with Meath and winning all ire is coming from. A few bitter posters that can't stand Meath ? I don't know. No one would even consider Meath All Ireland contenders this year. 150/1 would be more realistic. 
What I have said is I think we will make semis.  I believe there is another huge game in the most exciting team in country this year. But inexperience will cost us.
So can I be clear we will not win all ire this year. But next

[Armagh18]

It's completely unfair if Kerry get 8 days and either ourselves or Donegal get 6.
Nothing else should come into that decision.

Yeah 100%.

But if Meath drew Dublin I don't know if that game and a double header with our game would work ticket wise, be some scramble.

Armagh v Kerry and Meath v Dublin won't work. Either one could almost seek out croke park on its own I'd say.

Depends if Kerry support bother their hole, you'd like to think they will.

Anyway, see what the draw brings but in fairness Galway and Donegal should get the Sunday games.

[marty34]

I think it's silly teams not being able to meet again in knock out games.

Who cares if two teams meet again?

Makes a f"^k up of the draw.

[J70]

Meath are back?!

What have they  actually done? Couldn't beat Louth. Beat an average enough Kerry team  who had  five or six  injuries, who  were through anyway. They only drew with Roscommon and beat  Cork. Everybody beats Cork.  Well, except Roscommon , who Meath couldn't beat.

No doubt  a tired, out of  sorts Donegal will  draw Meath. Beat them with  a flukey goal , with Murphy decapitating someone and  still not getting a yellow.

Something tells me  it will be a Galway Donegal final. Two teams that  should have been out long ago.

Seems to be quite a campaign you're all mounting against Murphy the past few weeks, on this and other online locations.

I don't think  there's a campaign against Murphy. More a campaign against referees who  haven't punished his actions appropriately

He's hardly the only player who has gotten away with questionable "tackles" because referees get a single, real-time, on-field look at a split second sequence of play.

Plus he's been sent off a few times for very marginal offenses. That's the way it goes.

But yeah, I get it. Opposition fans make enough noise and maybe the next time the ref will pressured to pull out the red card even if he hasn't seen enough to justify it.

FFS even today people are making a big deal out of him getting a routine yellow for a high tackle that you see every game and for which he himself has received yellows many times. Although many of the same people will be the ones screaming cheater at Ryan McHugh when he goes down after being on the receiving end of a similar tackle.

McHugh is a diving huer.

And I've never seen a ref go and stop the game so a player could stretch his cramp before lol

Yeah McHugh is such a diver that he conjured up three concussions one year and missed a bunch of county and club games.

Although some on here at the time commented that it was his own fault for the way he plays (and his size I guess). You can't win.

[Truthsayer]

I don't know why the obsession with Meath and winning all ire is coming from. A few bitter posters that can't stand Meath ? I don't know. No one would even consider Meath All Ireland contenders this year. 150/1 would be more realistic. 
What I have said is I think we will make semis.  I believe there is another huge game in the most exciting team in country this year. But inexperience will cost us.
So can I be clear we will not win all ire this year. But next

  you're relentless all these posts about Meath. Congratulations on reaching the quarter-final really happy for you 😊  Abscence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. I'd be very surprised if yous make the semi-final but sure give it a go and tighten that back line... Last time I seen yous in Croke Park, Louth were scoring goals for fun!

[J70]

I've feeling we'll get Donegal. Don't know when we last beat them in any competition.

Had a few draws in the league when Big Joe, Cian Ward and Bray were still in the team but we've never fared well against them in the championship and to be honest if I had to guess it might even be 1990 in the semifinal we last beat them in championship football.

Our only hope is they run out of legs but they have such a strong bench I don't think it'll be a problem. We don't know who is fit in our team but we have proven we have a bit of depth to our panel.

Running the rule over the year so far, disastrous first half against Offaly, spectacular second half.

Beat an out of sorts Dublin team that have improved since.

Lost to Louth as we went out of the game for a long period in the second half.

Decent showing against Cork on a rotten day.

Couldn't hold onto a lead vs Roscommon but managed to prevent a loss at the death.

Beat a depleted Kerry team with a depleted Meath team.

Hard to know how we stack up against the rest left in it but I think we haven't had to beat a top team near their best yet.

I don't remember how the 90s league games went, but championship I think it would have been the 1990 AI semi (an important lesson, but also well spring of belief, for that Donegal team at the time).

We haven't played that much in the championship though.

2002 qualifier

I think there was a mid-2010s qualifier in Navan and maybe a Super 8s game in Ballybofey in more recent years?

I recall McBrearty getting a last kick winner in the Navan one.

There was also that Div 2 final when Newman took a young Brendan McCole to the cleaners to the extent that Neil McGee was brought in after 20 minutes to stem the flow. 2019 maybe?

[Dunneroyal]

I don't know why the obsession with Meath and winning all ire is coming from. A few bitter posters that can't stand Meath ? I don't know. No one would even consider Meath All Ireland contenders this year. 150/1 would be more realistic. 
What I have said is I think we will make semis.  I believe there is another huge game in the most exciting team in country this year. But inexperience will cost us.
So can I be clear we will not win all ire this year. But next

  you're relentless all these posts about Meath. Congratulations on reaching the quarter-final really happy for you 😊  Abscence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. I'd be very surprised if yous make the semi-final but sure give it a go and tighten that back line... Last time I seen yous in Croke Park, Louth were scoring goals for fun!

What we can't be proud and happy that we have turned a huge corner ? And why not add the highlighter to the part where I said about winning All Ireland?? 
We have came from about 17th to top 8. In one year with a team mostly made up of a bunch of kids with 5 certain starters out for the year. So yeah we have every right to be happy and indeed optimistic after beating both Kerry and Dublin and indeed cork in the one year. Huge strides made

[Dunneroyal]

I've feeling we'll get Donegal. Don't know when we last beat them in any competition.

Had a few draws in the league when Big Joe, Cian Ward and Bray were still in the team but we've never fared well against them in the championship and to be honest if I had to guess it might even be 1990 in the semifinal we last beat them in championship football.

Our only hope is they run out of legs but they have such a strong bench I don't think it'll be a problem. We don't know who is fit in our team but we have proven we have a bit of depth to our panel.

Running the rule over the year so far, disastrous first half against Offaly, spectacular second half.

Beat an out of sorts Dublin team that have improved since.

Lost to Louth as we went out of the game for a long period in the second half.

Decent showing against Cork on a rotten day.

Couldn't hold onto a lead vs Roscommon but managed to prevent a loss at the death.

Beat a depleted Kerry team with a depleted Meath team.

Hard to know how we stack up against the rest left in it but I think we haven't had to beat a top team near their best yet.

I don't remember how the 90s league games went, but championship I think it would have been the 1990 AI semi (an important lesson, but also well spring of belief, for that Donegal team at the time).

We haven't played that much in the championship though.

2002 qualifier

I think there was a mid-2010s qualifier in Navan and maybe a Super 8s game in Ballybofey in more recent years?

I recall McBrearty getting a last kick winner in the Navan one.

There was also that Div 2 final when Newman took a young Brendan McCole to the cleaners to the extent that Neil McGee was brought in after 20 minutes to stem the flow. 2019 maybe?

yeah the year we both qualified from div 2.

[Schkite]

I think it's silly teams not being able to meet again in knock out games.

Who cares if two teams meet again?

Makes a f"^k up of the draw.

It's a load of balls. Let's say Monaghan draw Dublin first tomorrow, the rest of the games are then set, as no different matchups can be made (it'd be Armagh/Kerry, Tyrone/Galway and Meath/Donegal)

[David McKeown]

Is it set that the Galway and Donegal quarters will be next Sunday then? Can only imagine what Jim will be saying if they were to have a 6 day turnaround

Would it not make sense and be fair all around given that the Dubs and Kerry played yesterday?

Would Jim be out of order to point this out?

Didn't apply between this week for the likes of Cavan and to a lesser extent Down who both had shorter turn arounds than their opponents. Didn't hear much complaining either so I'm not sure any team at this stage can complain. It was easily avoided.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Is it set that the Galway and Donegal quarters will be next Sunday then? Can only imagine what Jim will be saying if they were to have a 6 day turnaround

Would it not make sense and be fair all around given that the Dubs and Kerry played yesterday?

Would Jim be out of order to point this out?

Didn't apply between this week for the likes of Cavan and to a lesser extent Down who both had shorter turn arounds than their opponents. Didn't hear much complaining either so I'm not sure any team at this stage can complain. It was easily avoided.

It was impossible to avoid this weekend though

[Truthsayer]

I don't know why the obsession with Meath and winning all ire is coming from. A few bitter posters that can't stand Meath ? I don't know. No one would even consider Meath All Ireland contenders this year. 150/1 would be more realistic. 
What I have said is I think we will make semis.  I believe there is another huge game in the most exciting team in country this year. But inexperience will cost us.
So can I be clear we will not win all ire this year. But next

  you're relentless all these posts about Meath. Congratulations on reaching the quarter-final really happy for you 😊  Abscence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. I'd be very surprised if yous make the semi-final but sure give it a go and tighten that back line... Last time I seen yous in Croke Park, Louth were scoring goals for fun!

What we can't be proud and happy that we have turned a huge corner ? And why not add the highlighter to the part where I said about winning All Ireland?? 
We have came from about 17th to top 8. In one year with a team mostly made up of a bunch of kids with 5 certain starters out for the year. So yeah we have every right to be happy and indeed optimistic after beating both Kerry and Dublin and indeed cork in the one year. Huge strides made

I remember yous now!   

[tiempo]

The rules are too gruelling for Jim, code for I preferred 15 men behind the ball and a dash for last score wins between 65th and 73rd minute

[David McKeown]

Is it set that the Galway and Donegal quarters will be next Sunday then? Can only imagine what Jim will be saying if they were to have a 6 day turnaround

Would it not make sense and be fair all around given that the Dubs and Kerry played yesterday?

Would Jim be out of order to point this out?

Didn't apply between this week for the likes of Cavan and to a lesser extent Down who both had shorter turn arounds than their opponents. Didn't hear much complaining either so I'm not sure any team at this stage can complain. It was easily avoided.

It was impossible to avoid this weekend though

Yes because of the luck of the draw which is how it should be decided again this week.

[Armagh18]

Is it set that the Galway and Donegal quarters will be next Sunday then? Can only imagine what Jim will be saying if they were to have a 6 day turnaround

Would it not make sense and be fair all around given that the Dubs and Kerry played yesterday?

Would Jim be out of order to point this out?

Didn't apply between this week for the likes of Cavan and to a lesser extent Down who both had shorter turn arounds than their opponents. Didn't hear much complaining either so I'm not sure any team at this stage can complain. It was easily avoided.

It was impossible to avoid this weekend though

Yes because of the luck of the draw which is how it should be decided again this week.

Be great to put Donegal ok Saturday just to wind Jimmy up lol