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The 2021 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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Oops, critical black card.

Brainless from McCurry.

Kerry doing some amount of fouling, Goldrick just ignoring it.

That was thick

Tyrone are shooting themselves in the foot. Another black card.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815676#Comment_117815676

One thing we have learned from this game is that they have a very real chance. They will be favs if tyrone win here.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815683#Comment_117815683

I don't know. Looks pretty balanced to me. Both sides pulling and dragging

Damned if you do damned if you don't for the ref there..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815690#Comment_117815690

Only one side being penalised though.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815709#Comment_117815709

I don't really see that

Tyrone authors of their own defeat here I fear. Morgan a total liability.

OMG!!

Hoho! The tables have turned.

Lucky lucky

Canavan butchered it

BonnieSituation

That's a soft one. Poor from Coldrick.

9 minutes of injury time. I was expecting a lot, but 9?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815718#Comment_117815718

2 black cards for Tyrone, none for Kerry, a blind man can see what’s going on.

BonnieSituation

Few steps in from O'Shea. Ridiculous.

You can't say either team have been great today.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815734#Comment_117815734

Which incidents deserved a black card for Kerry?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815720#Comment_117815720

Morgan's had a very poor second half overall.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815739#Comment_117815739

Kinda looks that way alright but it's a ferocious battle. Both sides play quite similarly. All dropping deep and trying to break out. Kinda cancelling each other out.

Great score by Tyrone, patient play.

BonnieSituation

Get in

That's a lovely worked score. Lovely.

So many needless frees conceded by Tyrone.

Next score wins.

Another soft free for Kerry

Kerry have got a few soft frees that Tyrone haven't on the other side.

Mayo much fitter than both these teams. Could be crucial come the final.