All Ireland Championship 2025.

[Saffrongael]

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?

If Jim wants people to pay attention then he'd do well to not have them doing 4 or 5 sessions over those 6 days

Is this true or an internet rumour?

Do people seriously think IC teams are running the balls off players in the week between games ? Club teams don't do it, isn't it all about load management these days ?

[J70]

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?

If Jim wants people to pay attention then he'd do well to not have them doing 4 or 5 sessions over those 6 days

Is this true or an internet rumour?

Do people seriously think IC teams are running the balls off players in the week between games ? Club teams don't do it, isn't it all about load management these days ?

I would have assumed that load management, rest and light, tactical and skills training was a given.

You brought up flogging the players.

[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.

[Milltown Row2]

More crap 

What is?

Intercounty footballers are fitter than intercounty hurlers..

Give me the stats on that please

[galwayman]

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.

I hear ya. Would be a mad scramble alright.
But I do think that should be a secondary consideration behind giving every team a 7 day turnaround.

[Saffrongael]

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?

If Jim wants people to pay attention then he'd do well to not have them doing 4 or 5 sessions over those 6 days

Is this true or an internet rumour?

Do people seriously think IC teams are running the balls off players in the week between games ? Club teams don't do it, isn't it all about load management these days ?

I would have assumed that load management, rest and light, tactical and skills training was a given.

You brought up flogging the players.

That was SaffronSports, not me

[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.

[J70]

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?

If Jim wants people to pay attention then he'd do well to not have them doing 4 or 5 sessions over those 6 days

Is this true or an internet rumour?

Do people seriously think IC teams are running the balls off players in the week between games ? Club teams don't do it, isn't it all about load management these days ?

I would have assumed that load management, rest and light, tactical and skills training was a given.

You brought up flogging the players.

That was SaffronSports, not me

Ah Jaysus, sorry lad!

Hard to keep track!

[seafoid]

Meath are 40/1
https://www.oddschecker.com/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/all-ireland-sfc/winner

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Meath are 40/1
https://www.oddschecker.com/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/all-ireland-sfc/winner

Donegal gone favourites with Paddy Power.

They obviously reckon Meaths season will come to a sorry end next week.

[Armagh18]

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

[tiempo]

McGuinness reminds me of them hures who have 25 different rules for a game of pool and its their way or no way. Shots don't carry, have to play down the table on a free shot, name yer pocket for the black, he loves the zen master vibe but really he's just a control freak

[Dunneroyal]

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.

[thejuice]

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.

[tiempo]

Cavan persisted in entering the Leinster Junior Championship when Ulster mothballed the competition, there's an issue of identity in Cavan, weak free state mentality, as pointed out above, spending a bomb redeveloping a stadium for others to use as a neutral venue

Thats nonsense about playing in the Leinster junior. It was to give young players a chance after playing U21. The competition was a help for a few years. Cavan made the all ireland quarter final in 2013. A few players would have been involved with the juniors the year before.

Antrim play in Leinster hurling, but that must be ok because they are from the 6 counties?

Cavan bet Fermanagh and London in the qualifiers to reach a quarter final, some run