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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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breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877454#Comment_117877454

Took him down just outside the box with a Mayo man free by the goal.

It was for cynical pulldowns and that was cynical and the Mayo man went down it doesn't have to be 1 particular type of takedown

Swaine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877415#Comment_117877415

Because it has been a roaring succcess in the soccer?

No.

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Surely O'Hora will be watching the second half from the sidelines...

blanch152

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877418#Comment_117877418

If you had finished the post after "No point having Aidan O'Shea", it would have been accurate.

One goal chance, shot for a point and was blocked. Kicked another wide. Not much else. Has never scored in an All-Ireland final, while now playing his seventh. Expect him to be taken off sometime in the second half.

Mayo clinging on, but if they get their subs right, including taking off O'Shea, they are still right in it.

External Association

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877459#Comment_117877459

He pulled a closed fist into the stomach/chest.

Sy Kick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877460#Comment_117877460

There was no "pull down". It was a high tackle. Possibly the black card rule should be amended to be more broad. However as the rule stands that is not a black card offence.

Gael85

Expect Mayo to win . Have come from behind in last 2 games.

External Association

Mayo have to get the matchups right and be far more accurate in passing, shot selection etc if they're going to pull it off.

Swaine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877470#Comment_117877470

Won two frees that lead to points. Has carried a mountain of ball, working like a dog.

But yeah he's shite 'cos he didn't stick one into the top corner of the net on his wrong side from 25 yards while a Tyrone defender was breathing down his neck.

The Big Easy

That's not great body language from Aidan anyway, come on lads!!

dirkmeister

RTÉ are like a bunch of lads in the pub.

They are all just shouting over each other

Itssoeasy

Jesus one at a **** time lads.

TITANIUM.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117877404#Comment_117877404

Grow up and think about what your saying. Playing him as they are isn't helping him. Hopefully they can get him into the game in the second have. But having a big lump of a man like him (That has never scored in any of those AIF appearances your on about) trying to kick pts under pressure or in at ff on his own is not playing to his strengths. Mayo can still win this with room to spare if they get there house in order.