All Ireland Senior Football Quarter Finals 2012

[tom,dick and harry]

Mayo have most cause to be happy out of the eight teams drawn imo.

They'll either face a Laois team who they'll fancy to beat or a very undercooked Dublin team.

Ah, i'd say must provincial chamions are happy to have avoided Kerry! Believe me as the week drags on Down won't look as soft of a draw. Remember the guts of this Down team were in an AI final 2 years ago.

Mayo will b delighted. Down have shown that when they come up against quality teams with decent forwards they cant cope. however im glad 2 see that the management team were willing to make changes after the ulster final. Down have carried too many passengers throghout the year and with an average team u cant afford to do that.

[Syferus]

The way I see the the senior QFs shaking out:

Cork-Kildare paired with Donegal-Kerry
Mayo-Down paired with Dublin-Laois

My reasoning would be that only a Dublin game would ever be able to force a standalone QF and Laois aren't a big enough draw to make that possible, nor would any of the remaining three ties be able to draw a large enough crowd to make for a worthwhile attendance at Croke Park by themselves.

In the same breath you'd probably have over-spill if you paired the Dublin-Laois game with Kildare's, meaning those two are likely to be on separate days. After that you're looking at what fits best with a Dublin QF, an eye-catching Donegal-Kerry game or a Mayo-Down match, which although having the potential to be a very interesting tie, is likely to draw the least number of supporters of all four QFs.

Maybe HQ will do something off-the-wall and play one down the country but I highly doubt that's even a possibility. The QF double bills have generally been a great success - last year's Sunday graveyard shift being the only real exception - and I'd say the GAA would be keen to have two bumper bills to kick off the AI championship with a bang.

[tom,dick and harry]

Semis

Dublin v Down

Cork v Kerry


FINAL

Down v Kerry


(What happens when Kerry play Down in Croke?? )

Down suffer another AI final defeat as back door qualifiers!

Down got mauled by Donegal in the Ulster final. Surely they won't progress passed the last eight?

WE got mauled in 2010 by Tyrone in Casement and what happened that year? Got to all ireland.... Never write the Boys off

Down must stop considering 2010. That year Benny, danny and marty were on fire. 2 years on benny and danny are unfit plus marty is in oz. look at donegal, even though they won an ulster title last year they improved their system for this year and look a far better outfit. its easy to sit back and say oh well we have done it b4 so we will do it again.

[cadence]

Semis

Dublin v Down

Cork v Kerry


FINAL

Down v Kerry


(What happens when Kerry play Down in Croke?? )

Would very much like to believe this, but just can't see it. We just aren't good enough to win a 6th Sam with this side, but we might be good enough to beat Mayo.

Semi's

Dubs vs Down
Cork vs Donegal

Final

Donegal vs Dubs

Winners (to the detriment of the game)

Donegal

ah f**k it, haters gonna hate. 

[Mike Sheehy]

could have sworn you were from Tyrone Cadence...are you not a bit embarrassed about your previously rabid support for your supposedly hated neighbour ?

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aww, you're so cute.

[Aaron Boone]

Minor QF also on next weekend. I'd say they will make them on the Monday, except the 6-county teams where it's not a bank holiday.

[Syferus]

Two of them will be on before the two senior QFs in Croke Park as all four minor QF contain a team in a senior QF. It's much more likely the two remaining QFs will be on the Saturday or Sunday their counties' senior games aren't on.

[under the bar]

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WE got mauled in 2010 by Tyrone in Casement and what happened that year? Got to all ireland.... Never write the Boys off][/quote]

I would not write Down off here comes 6 but current betting of 25/1 flatters them as they got an easier draw.  40/1 or 50/1 would be more realistic odds and Im sure youd find plenty of men on Betfair willing to give it to you with a min bet of 100 if you fancy them.

[Rossfan]

Two of them will be on before the two senior QFs in Croke Park as all four minor QF contain a team in a senior QF. It's much more likely the two remaining QFs will be on the Saturday or Sunday their counties' senior games aren't on.

You sure of that buckeen -- Ros v Kerry , Mayowr v Tipp , Dublin v Monaghan and  Kildare/Laois/Donegal/Cork/Down v ?

[Syferus]

Ah, I wasn't accounting for Meath losing yesterday. That means the Tyrone-Meath match will be outside Croke Park. That makes the metrics a bit simpler.

Location seperation also makes Roscommon-Kerry a likely candidate for a triple bill at Croke Park while I feel like Mayo-Tipp is most likely to be the odd man out of the three Croke Park options, Tullamore seems as close to ideal as you'd get for a location for that one.

[Rossfan]

Ah, I wasn't accounting for Meath losing yesterday. That means the Tyrone-Meath match will be outside Croke Park. That makes the metrics a bit simpler.

Location seperation also makes Roscommon-Kerry a likely candidate for a triple bill at Croke Park while I feel like Mayo-Tipp is most likely to be the odd man out of the three Croke Park options, Tullamore seems as close to ideal as you'd get for a location for that one.

I think you should go out more 

[Syferus]

Ah, I wasn't accounting for Meath losing yesterday. That means the Tyrone-Meath match will be outside Croke Park. That makes the metrics a bit simpler.

Location seperation also makes Roscommon-Kerry a likely candidate for a triple bill at Croke Park while I feel like Mayo-Tipp is most likely to be the odd man out of the three Croke Park options, Tullamore seems as close to ideal as you'd get for a location for that one.

I think you should go out more 

I think you should be a tad more respectful.

[From the Bunker]

Ah, I wasn't accounting for Meath losing yesterday. That means the Tyrone-Meath match will be outside Croke Park. That makes the metrics a bit simpler.

Location seperation also makes Roscommon-Kerry a likely candidate for a triple bill at Croke Park while I feel like Mayo-Tipp is most likely to be the odd man out of the three Croke Park options, Tullamore seems as close to ideal as you'd get for a location for that one.

I think you should go out more 

More likely Ennis, Tullamore is the other side of the country for us!

[Rossfan]

Ah, I wasn't accounting for Meath losing yesterday. That means the Tyrone-Meath match will be outside Croke Park. That makes the metrics a bit simpler.

Location seperation also makes Roscommon-Kerry a likely candidate for a triple bill at Croke Park while I feel like Mayo-Tipp is most likely to be the odd man out of the three Croke Park options, Tullamore seems as close to ideal as you'd get for a location for that one.

I think you should go out more 

I think you should be a tad more respectful.

to you? Why? Who are you in real life - Co Board Chairman?