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The 2021 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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It starts on Saturday.

Again it's straight knockout, hopefully this will be the last year of that and we can get back to something with a bit more intrigue next year.

Leinster and Munster look straightforward

That could have been said about Munster last year also but I seriously doubt Kerry will make the same mistakes and they did in 2020, there is no way they can.
And they have been playing the league like they cannot afford to put a foot wrong.

There is no use talking about the Leinster championship.

Ulster offers a bit of intrigue, Tyrone and Donegal could meet in a SF and Monaghan and Armagh could meet in the other,
Donegal really need to step up, for the last three years we were told that they were a team to watch and in all three occasions they could not make an All Ireland SF.
One would wonder how focused Tyrone were on their trip to Kerry a few weeks ago, with little really on offer.
Monaghan on there other hand had a lot of focus on the same weekend and staying in Div 1 will do them no harm at all.
Armagh are a potential dark horse.

Connacht is a two a two and a half horse race depending on Roscommon, they have caused shocks before in Connacht previously and I'd not be willing to right them off v a Galway teams that one really has to scratch ones head about.
Mayo have an easy run to the Connacht final but could become unstuck there without Cillian O' Connor
They struggled without him a few years ago.

Anyway it will end up with Dublin beating the Connacht champions without much fuss in the SF and Kerry beating the Ulster champs with a small bit more fuss in the other one.

Barring an early sending off like we had in the first game in 2019 Dublin will cruise to the title like they did in 2019 replay and 2020 finals, regardless of what people say about Kerry getting closer to them.

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BonnieSituation

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815482#Comment_117815482

Jesus. You have to be taking the mickey.

BonnieSituation

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815423#Comment_117815423

Now Pat at it with the "cakewalk" stuff. Jesus the narrative around Kerry is so bloody irritating. All of a sudden the Munster Championship isn't good enough.

ArielAtom

As with the Dublin-Mayo game, poor quality, Kerry effectively playing 8 in defence with P Clifford dnd Moran stopping back. I wonder will Spillane bring it up.

BonnieSituation

Fair dues to Seány not taking Pat's guff. You love to see it.

seligehgit

Awful free to give away.

BonnieSituation

Still have to get them over. That'll settle them.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815517#Comment_117815517

Poor quality? It’s a very entertaining match for the neutral

FrancieBrady

Morgan scores a great point, gives a cheap one there

BonnieSituation

Do Kerry know that they can score points?

ArielAtom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815569#Comment_117815569

I didn’t say it wasn’t entertaining, it is, that does not make it quality.

sligeach

Stupid black card to concede by Sludden.

[Deleted User]

Tyrones work rate is so admirable however this thing of shouting into opponents face is not

Augme

I'd be fuming if I was Kerry fan. They seem intent on throwing this away by refusing to take their points. Bizarre really as they should be around 4 points up at this stage.