Football Championship 2026 (Mod Note in OP)

I would. I doubt they will get to that pitch again this weekend and also while it was a brilliant game to watch, the quality was only ok, shooting really poor, everything played through the hands.

It seemed like only Langan of Donegal was allowed shoot from anywhere outside 35 yards from goal (until McGee decided it was time for someone else to have a few shots), Galway will have much more 2 point threat than Donegal. Also as the game went on Dublin wiped out a lifeless Donegal on the kickouts - that won't happen v Galway.

I'm expecting a reasonably comfortable win for Galway, but it is a massive game for them. They have done nothing yet this year and if they don't win this one, I'm not sure where that team and management go from there.

I think it will be this, and the 2 on Saturday will be GAA plus

Saturday

Cork vs Mayo

Tyrone vs Kerry

Sunday

Louth vs Monaghan

Galway vs Dublin

3 weeks without a game would be a disadvantage as thats too much rest, chances of getting ring rusty. The entire GAA calendar makes no sense. The provincials cause endless hassle, dispense with them and we won't be making up endless formats to try to please everyone

One standout from the post match interviews at the weekend was Con O Callaghan and Jack O Connor saying that their respective teams had a good weeks training and that's how you know where fellas are at while Jim McGuinness said he didn't think a team in the country were training and alluded to Donegal being unable to train last week.

He's a complete spoofer. I said before he put so much into beating kerry in what are pretty much meaningless games that he took his eye off the ball for other teams. A massive backfire by him for Donegal.

For personal reasons I'd like Cork v Mayo and Kerry v Tyrone on Sunday.

Dublin traditionally had the Saturday evening fixture and the most high profile was on a Sunday at 4 and the least profile as the first game on Saturday

Kerry v Tyrone is the most high profile, Louth v Monaghan is the least profile.

Plus Kerry have been on GAA+ for at least 2 possibly 3 weeks now, and two have been big games v Donegal and Tyrone.

It may be time to throw them a FTA bone.

Rest days don't come into it, they haven't in the past so why should they now.

So Saturday Louth v Monaghan and Galway v Dublin both GAA+

Sunday Mayo v Cork and Kerry v Tyrone, both RTE.

Donegal losing to Down, Cork at home and Dublin is some turn of events given how Donegal were playing just a month ago.

I think they peaked in order to lay down a marker with Kerry twice. Winning in current format is all about timing peak for late June July if you can survive that way.

Its been such a funny year so far anything is possible now.

Kerry mugged by Tyrone before but Kerry very very streetwise since with big players trying to get back in a new scoring threat in Dylan Geaney to complement Clifford.

If a rested Tyrone peak it'll be some game; they have the scoring threat just not sure they'll get enough ball but you never know

Yeah. with the forwards Tyrone have always a chance they could have a hot streak. It's against Kerry though.

I was 100% sure that Donegal wouldn't flop three times in a year, particulary the way Dublin were playing. I don't know what went wrong with Donegal at all losing those three matches. Flopping against Kerry in the AI final last year.

Are Donegal over training or something?

4 o'clock sat mayo vrs cork

Kerry will have a massive support with the Cork crowd supporting their fellow Munster Gaels…..🤣

Great that either Louth or Monaghan will be in the sei final, probably like to see Louth win as Monaghan have been in a semi in the last decade or so and for Louth it's been over 65 years

Was thinking the same. I would also think Cork and this current Mayo team would have been delighted with a semi final at the start of the season.

fairest option is to give all same recovery time.

monaghan and dub both played yesterday,

Kerry and Mayo both played sat so all rd3 winners have same break and no one can complain they have been hard done by.

Think it's open but no repeat pairings.