The 2023 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

This game should have been held in Sligo for a start.

Under the normal home/away agreements in Connacht, it's Sligos turn to host Galway. The days of 30+k at Connacht finals are long gone, and this 12k shoehorned into Markevitz park (14k capacity iirc) would have added to the occasion, and been a huge promotion opportunity for GAA in Sligo town where it struggles (a big soccer town traditionally).

I'm relation to the mention of jersey colors earlier, this game should be played in the traditional county colors IMHO, i.e. Sligo in white and Galway in maroon. Sligo decided halfway through the 2002 season they were going to play in black and not their traditional white, and now Galway are playing in white for some reason (their current maroon is quite dark in fairness).

There are few winners apart from O"Niells in all this nonsense. Louth dressing up as Down feeds I to the same mentality.... should every county change colour to whatever the fashion is, or whatever looks good with a pair of jeans?

Galway 2-7 scored from 10 attempts. Sligo 0-5 from also 10 attempts. Sligo management won't be happy with how easy they let Galway in for those goals.

A conundrum for the GAA to solve is a clear prize for provincial winners. An extra home game in the group stage perhaps?

Seeding provincial draws based on league placing is the solution. Mayo, Galway and Roscommon were the top 3 in Division 1. On league ranking, two of those would have made the final in a fair and balanced draw.

He was taken off because he was very poor. Tierney one of the few forwards that played well today yet they still scored 2-20 and won by 14 points.

The complication in Connacht is that there is a rolling schedule meaning each team has to travel to London and New York on a equal basis. It was interrupted by Covid, but is now set again up until 2027. This allows one of the "weak" teams, usually Sligo to get to the final every now and again.

It doesn't matter how the draw is organised, Kerry will win Munster, Dublin will win Leinster, and one of the "Big 3" will win Connacht. For the time being, until the balance of power has one of its occasional shifts. Cavan used to be the only team in Ulster for decades. It would be wrong to fix the system to deny the chance of a "weak" team ever getting to a final.

Small crowds in Limerick, doesn't look great at all.

Its poor stuff so far. Kerry very sloppy but no punishment for it.

And as I speak, a goal. Game over if it ever begun

It will hardly be any better next Saturday when Limerick play Longford there in the Tailteann. I like to hear the shouting and giving instructions.

Lovely 2nd goal there.

The other Munster teams don't fare any better. 2022 Kerry 1-28 Limerick 0-08. 2021 Kerry 4-22 Cork 1-09.

Some of the kick passing here from Kerry is class.

Clare are dreadful though. Look a Div 4 team rather than Div 2

Stark difference between division 1 and 2 standards

Clare not laying a finger on Kerry players, giving them so much space.