Football Championship 2026 (Mod Note in OP)

You may not have communicated your points very well on the thread, but those comments above are very true. If it was my county manager in Ger Brennan's position, I would be livid as a fan. That ban effectively threw Dublin to the dumpster. I wouldn't be surprised if they come up short against Louth.

The Dubs have been hamstrung by the GAA's inconsistent application of the rules, and Con's hamstring. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0528/1575803-boost-for-dublin-as-ocallaghan-named-to-start/

He is due to start v Louth. But the question is will he last the full 70 minutes? It will be interesting to see how Louth play the next day. They were devoid of energy and fight in that previous encounter in Portlaoise. It was very unlike them. I doubt they will be be as poor again.

I agree, Dubs will win comfortably Sunday.

louth are a better team than westmeath and we saw what westmeath done to Dublin. Id expect it to be close either way

Tyrone dominant in this u20 final so far. Very good side and playing Kerry off the field, but long way to go yet.

10 in a row for Kerry if Im not mistaken to lead by 3.

Good game if a strange game.

Tyrone led 1.7 to 2 after 18 and were utterly superior everywhere.

Kerry won the rest of it 19 to 3.

Kerrys midfield excellent. 2 right prospects there. They ate kickouts.

Westmeath and cavan gone to extra time. Westmeaths 3rd game in a row going to extra time so cavan should be favourites here

Westmeath pummelled them in 2nd half of ET to win by 4.

What good will whinging about it do

Cavan had a bad year so far and there wasn`t much confidence from their fans going into this game. Hard to know if Westmeath let them off the hook when they were well ahead in the first half thinking they had enough done, or a bit of a hangover from winning only their second ever Leinster, but any team should be wary of them. McHugh has them well organised and fit. They are not a team you would want to be going into the last 5 minutes against just two points up.

Cavan, although they showed that when they do decide to have a cut at it, they can be a decent side, but at this stage the would be probably the team everyone would want to meet.

Westmeath bandwagoner here. We should have had the Dubs and Cavan beaten but allowed both back into the game and I counted us lucky to get to extra time on both occasions. From what I can see they are very focused and progress driven, never stop playing football, the heads never drop. But for some reason when up a few points they don't seem to have the killer instinct when they smell blood.

I see Andy Moran has dropped Aidan Oshea and the goalkeeper i forget his name. One of the heavers will be heaved?

Was it not 1/4 last weekend as well?

This Leinster game on os low quality enough, Dublin look good at times but flattering to device a bit. Louth look a beaten docket.