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

If they flipped league after provincial championship it would really highlight how you can lose 7 games and still qualify.

If Derry had to win a qualifying round or two to get through to the All Ireland 16 - there would be some sense of achievement in actually qualifying.

Sligo is closed for renovations

Armagh v Galway last year was in Sligo, the previous year was Carrick-on-Shannon. There may well be a lot riding on it for Galway. Time that it was in Cavan.

Sligo being closed fecks things up and Longford is small. Hyde Park is south of Mayo, and is three hours drive from Letterkenny, it is in no way natural as a neutral venue. Clones is two hours drive from Letterkenny and 2.5 hours from Castlebar.

oh Galway have a big following for finals alright, the rest of the time not so much

He was absolutely fecking useless with Kildare. Wasted their talent coming through. Did nothing of note. Only positive argument I heard of McGeeney ‘s time with Kildare “He got them fit!”

As if Kildare have done fabulously since he left! Mind you, his development of Armagh was also on a Casement Park like timescale, but the finished product is sound.

Ya but assuming they don't opt for Rathkeale it will be open for Limerick anyway.

Kildare are an absolute disgrace and have been for many years with the playing population they have. Wasn't McGeenys fault they were useless - it's a lack of belief and the fact that the county is infested with Dubs. As a result, Dubs are involved/running clubs all over Kildare (and to a similar degree, in Meath)

Don't get me wrong, this is not a bad thing, they are fantastic volunteers etc. but it's not good for a county that are trying to compete with Dublin.

The kids in Kildare looked up to the Dubs for the last 20 years, their parents were Dubs thus the kids are Dubs, the kids who had no connection to Dublin still supported Dublin cos their friends did - the Man Utd effect!! Kildare were useless so why would they support them when mammy and daddy and all their friends were going to croker to watch the Dubs!

Clubs in Kildare brought and still bring former Dubs out to show them Sam/train the kids instead of Kildare footballers. Mental stuff. And the sad part is that kildare people themselves can't see anything wrong with this.

God bless Micko. He put a bit of belief into them and you can see how well they did. They were useless then as well but a bit of belief is worth more than any superstar footballer. Just ask Armagh last year.

I actually Mc geeney done a savage job with kildare. A crossbar denied them a shot at cork in 2010 and Cassidy scored a freak of a point in 2011 to knock them out. Kildare fotoball fell flat after he left in 2013 and hasnt recovered

I understand the issues around the kids supporting Dublin due to parents etc

If these kids are playing Gaelic with Kildare clubs, and are good enough will play for Kildare

The success of Louth at senior and now underage, and Offaly at underage level(both codes) has shown if you have a proper coaching facility and a proper plan in place for underage teams up, shows any county can do it

Yes, of course any county can do it. Armagh are.prime example last year as well. But no Armagh man grew up supporting another county.

I don't think people understand how important the level of hatred for other counties and belief in yourself is at the top level.

If the semi-final crowd is anything to go by, they might stick with Aviva.

Hope it is Clones, Cavan in my mind nightmare for any sort of traffic at all.