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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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WesternZulu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815819#Comment_117815819

Any reason for your line of thought?

gormdubhgorm

Sean Cavanagh mentioning soft Kerry frees, Pat Spillane takes bait. ☺ Then black card debate gas to watch as neutral.

TomsOnTheRoof

I think Cavanagh would say black is white if only to disagree with Pat. Spillane seems to have wound him up no end.

jacool

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815838#Comment_117815838

Agreed!

Sean thinks that wasn't a black card either. One as bad as the other. Apparently if its still a draw after extra time, its fisticuffs between the pair to see who plays Mayo.

Faugheen

RTE needs to get rid of Pat Spillane. He offers nothing in the way of actual analysis and just goes off on rants of bluster and nonsense.

There has been so much crap pre and post match because of him. It ruins any flow of any actual analysis.

TomsOnTheRoof

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815851#Comment_117815851

I don't think many would have a problem with that.

tayto lover

There’s really no doubt that Clifford will be back. Of course he will.

tayto lover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815845#Comment_117815845

They really were soft frees.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815834#Comment_117815834

I expect Tyrone to win this now.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815829#Comment_117815829

Is that not how most people say it unless you go for Tir Eoghain? Mayo will be delighted at extra time. I think if Kerry win they win Sam, If Tyrone win Mayo famine could be over IMO.

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117815856#Comment_117815856

His stats are the worst part. Scoring 8 goals in the munster championship vs the ulster championship are two very different things. Lies, damn lies and statistics but Pat loves his stats.