The 2025 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

Agreed, Kerry haven't had a competitive game to date and in both matches against a poor Cork outfit have looked downright awful for extended periods.

They got loads of jam last year Armagh in a few games not just one. They have gone up a notch this year though.

I don't know if I'd say they won at a canter- better team and deserved win. But Dublin had 17 wides and gave away three needless points for breaching the 4 on 3 rule. On another day with better decision making and more clinical in attack Dublin would have won by a few. I don't think Kerry would let Armagh away with that performance today.

This is the obvious venue for Monaghan v Down, as Louth have no pitch, unless the ground is needed for something else.

An Armagh- Kerry semi final is a possibility this year again as Armagh would not be drawn against Galway, Donegal, Dublin or Derry.

Well not really- I did point out the needless 3 points gifted to Armagh for breaching the 4 on 3 rule. That simply shouldn't happen at this level and had a massive impact during a 5 point game. Armagh were the better team and deserved to win no question- I just don't think they romped home in the manner some here claim and against better opposition they may become unstuck.

Armagh have always had a strange style

They can beat anyone, but they'll never hammer anyone. If they were playing a. D4 team today like Leitrim or Longford, they would still only have won by 4 or 5 points.

They generally don't run up big winning margins, it's not their style and never has been really.

Nobody expects all the games to be shown on rte but surely a game on Saturday and one on Sunday would not have been too much to ask for

I'm not impressed by the provincial link to the All Ireland. Next year 8 finalists will drawn at home against 8 league qualifiers in Round 1. No difference in winning or losing the finals!

Donegal v DERRY, Donegal v MONAGHAN, Tyrone v CAVAN, Armagh v TYRONE, Meath v DUBLIN, Kerry v CORK and Galway v ROSCOMMON this year had no impact on All Ireland qualification.

Kildare v Westmeath and Louth v Kildare were the only stand out contests for All Ireland qualification. We've seen how the kick outs going beyond the arc have created contests. There has to be more head to head contests for All Ireland qualification.

Straightforward solution is two rounds of qualifiers using league seeding for byes and seeded draws. In the seven games highlighted above, the losers would have a potential banana skin qualifier round or two to get through.

I think the format might be the reason for that. In the first game you have 4 provincial final losers playing at home who are particularly vulnerable. Even the provincial winners have to come down and focus and waiting in the wings are the likes of Tyrone and Dublin etc with a point to prove.

The situation is almost the reverse then in the 2nd round. The likes of Donegal, Galway, Mayo etc now have to fight to stay in the competition and the likes of Dublin and Tyrone have to come down from huge away wins.

That might be a bit convoluted and possibly pure shite, but I do think there is something in it.