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

This is the second Tailteann. It's 14 of the 16 who were in it last year, plus Meath and Limerick. Sligo and Westmeath were in it last year. Last year it was a knockout format. This year it is the same league format at the Sam, with one exception. The worst third place team will not compete in the playoffs, but will be replaced by New York.

All you need to know is the times and venues for your county's games, and go along and support them. If people are gaa heads that is what they will do. I expect it will die the same death as the All Ireland B Championship and Tommy Murphy Cup formats, and no amount of promotion is going to change that.

We needed the Tailteann Cup because it will stop on sided contests so we were told. Today Cavan beat Laois by 9, Down beat Waterford by 11 and Meath won by a margin of 11 points against Tipp. In reality every competition will have one sided games.

What a load of crap. In every county and at national level in every competition with the exception of intercounty football you have tiered competition's

What a useless and patronising statement.

"As long as one man and his dog enjoyed the game then it can be deemed a success."

There is no importance without relevance, and since it is already clear that nobody gives a toss about the new Tommy Murphy cup then it is already unimportant.

If the Tailteann Cup becomes 'traditional' then it has hope. For it to work the GAA need to give it 10,15,20 years so the rivalries develop etc.

The poster below was being very disingenuous - Laois are on a spiral didn't they have an ancient Beano lining out for them for years? Cavan won division 3 in 2023.

Is Down beating Waterford by 11 points surprise? Waterford are the poorest football county - div 4 2023 - with only London below them.

Meath beating Tipp by 11 - again is that a surprise? Meath are a midtable div 2 team and Tipp are a lower div 3/top div 4 team.

Also Tipp have seemed to lost interest in football since that great minor team from 2011. There seemed to be no willingness to push on, and any dual lads jumped ship.

The way I see it the Tailteann cup is to give teams games. And more of a chance, where there is more hope. Put Kerry, Galway, Mayo against those lower end teams and you are talking - not 10 point margins but 20 plus. That is much worse, benefits no one.

As the Tailteann Cup progress the games will get more tense, plus many of those counties are never in an asses roar of silverware in their provinces - winning anything for those counties would be massive - even the chance of winning something.

I view the Tailteann Cup as the precursor to the days when the league will be the main competition - the Tailteann cup gives the traditionalists time to get used to it - and let it develop rivalries, among counties. As people get used to this 'new fangled' idea. Time will give it meaning and familiarity.

Saw a photo from a friend of mine in Louth earlier this week, his son and all the kids in the school decked out in jerseys - they might well get hammered today but those kids will remember the build up for years

I rarely comment but the consistently poor commentary/ Dublin bias is so ingrained.

Blatent foul on Mc Carthy , and no quarter given.

Or not....

Well…

So much for the talking up of this game - the day that Dublin's stranglehold in the Leinster FC is supposedly challenged. Yawn.

Missed that talk, where was that?

Louth are still very much a weaker county. Very limited.

Mickey Harte has got them into fantastic shape to compete but I think the Dubs will go to town in the second half.

Dubs probably going to win this comfortably but McCaffrey will be a huge loss if he doesnt get back.

Kerry, Galway, Mayo etc wont be quaking in their boots watching this performance.