Dublin v Donegal -Dublin Home soil will get the Dubs over the line
Monaghan v Cork -Cork-Rebels attack to Open up the Farney
Mayo v Tyrone -Mayo not by much
Derry v Kerry - Draw

Laois v Cavan-Laois-O'Moores to bounce back
Down v Roscommon - Down-by a margin
Meath v Kildare -draw
Westmeath v Galway - Galway-By 4 at least

Tipperary v Limerick - Tipperary
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - Fermanagh
Louth v Clare - Clare

Carlow v London - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - Longford
Offaly v Waterford -draw

BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 04/02/2015 10:20:50    1689889

MuckrossHead


im talking about his statement after dublin relegated them and they were preparing for the ulster match.
there the same thing man as dismissing a national competition can come back to bite you
dublin were poor in the league in 2012 and many people said was down to winning the all ireland the year before
and were just later back and bla bla bla
but the warning signs were clear
the same as donegal were poor in 2013 in the league and paid the price later in the year
you cant just flick a switch and have it all come into place.
weekend from gavin interview today will be more of the same from dublin giving the extended panel and under 21s a chance

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 04/02/2015 10:30:25    1689898

Div 1
Dublin v Donegal - Donegal
Derry v Kerry - Derry
Monaghan v Cork - Monaghan
Mayo v Tyrone - Mayo

Div 2
Laois v Cavan - Draw
Down v Roscommon - Down
Meath v Kildare - Meath
Westmeath v Galway -Galway

Div 3
Tipp v Limerick - Tipp
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - Fermanagh
Louth v Clare - Clare

Div 4
Carlow v London - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - Antrim
Offaly v Waterford - Offaly

spy_in_the_sky (Antrim) - Posts: 273 - 04/02/2015 11:38:07    1689932

Div 1
Dublin v Donegal - Draw
Derry v Kerry - Kerry
Monaghan v Cork - Monaghan
Mayo v Tyrone - Mayo

Div 2
Laois v Cavan - Cavan
Down v Roscommon - Down
Meath v Kildare - Meath
Westmeath v Galway - Westmeath

Div 3
Tipperary v Limerick - Tipp
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - Sligo
Louth v Clare - Clare

Div 4
Carlow v London - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - Antrim
Offaly v Waterford - Offaly

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 04/02/2015 12:35:16    1689957

ITs a gamble not taking the league seriously, you can get relegated, and that is not very good.

But if you go all out, the season is too long, unless you have 2 teams. I can only speak for my own county. We have a small panel, and a very tough all ireland series that starts in the middle of may. other counties dont have to go off the bridle until the end of july.

So I really hope that we stay up, but would hate to see us in a league semi final.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 04/02/2015 12:42:42    1689962

Div 1
Dublin v Donegal - Dublin
Derry v Kerry - Derry
Monaghan v Cork -Cork
Mayo v Tyrone - Mayo

Div 2
Laois v Cavan - Laois
Down v Roscommon - Down
Meath v Kildare - Kildare
Westmeath v Galway - Galway

Div 3
Tipperary v Limerick - Tipp
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - Sligo
Louth v Clare - Clare

Div 4
Carlow v London - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - Longford
Offaly v Waterford - Offaly

Adamski (Dublin) - Posts: 339 - 04/02/2015 12:53:16    1689969

Div 1
Dublin v Donegal - - - Donegal
Derry v Kerry - Derry - - - Derry
Monaghan v Cork -Cork - - - Cork
Mayo v Tyrone - Mayo - - - Mayo

Div 2
Laois v Cavan - - - Laois
Down v Roscommon - - - - Roscommon
Meath v Kildare - - - - Kildare
Westmeath v Galway - - - - Galway

Div 3
Tipperary v Limerick - - - - Tipp
Wexford v Armagh - - - - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - - - - Sligo
Louth v Clare - - - - Draw

Div 4
Carlow v London - - - - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - - - - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - - - - Antrim
Offaly v Waterford - - - - Draw

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2908 - 04/02/2015 14:53:58    1690032

donegalman ye were playing in a league final last year
dont think it done ye any hamr as ye won ulster and made an all ireland final
so cant see why you wouldnt want to make a league semi final
sure the players would be probably playing club championship or training the same day if you arent .

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 04/02/2015 15:12:34    1690046

Div 1 - Mayo, Monaghan and Donegal seem to be motoring. Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone are not to bothered yet
Dublin v Donegal - - - Donegal
Derry v Kerry - Derry - - - Draw
Monaghan v Cork -Cork - - - Monaghan
Mayo v Tyrone - Mayo - - - Mayo

Div 2 - Down, Roscommon, Cavan and Galway pushing for promotion, Kildare not bothered, Laois and Meath not up to it
Laois v Cavan - - - Cavan
Down v Roscommon - - - - Draw
Meath v Kildare - - - - Kildare
Westmeath v Galway - - - - Galway

Div 3 - Tipp and Clare are flying, Armagh to good for this level, Louth and Wexford not up to it
Tipperary v Limerick - - - - Tipp
Wexford v Armagh - - - - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - - - - Draw
Louth v Clare - - - - Clare

Div 4 - Carlow and Waterford mean business but only London can be written off.
Carlow v London - - - - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - - - - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - - - - Draw
Offaly v Waterford - - - - Draw

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1115 - 04/02/2015 16:16:42    1690092

hill16no1man
County: Dublin
Posts: 9121

1690046
donegalman ye were playing in a league final last year
dont think it done ye any hamr as ye won ulster and made an all ireland final
so cant see why you wouldnt want to make a league semi final
sure the players would be probably playing club championship or training the same day if you arent .


League final of division 2. very different, and means there is no semi final to play either
Plus if it means getting down to the business of club football, all the more reason to watch the league semis on tv, rather than take part.

But if we do get that far, I hope to see many fresh young faces getting a run in croke park.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 04/02/2015 19:05:40    1690173

Dublin v Donegal -Dublin
Monaghan v Cork - Monaghan
Mayo v Tyrone -Mayo
Derry v Kerry - Derry

Laois v Cavan- Laois
Down v Roscommon - Down
Meath v Kildare -Meath
Westmeath v Galway - Galway

Tipperary v Limerick - Tipperary
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - Sligo
Louth v Clare - Clare

Carlow v London - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - Longford
Offaly v Waterford - Offaly

jacktheDub (Dublin) - Posts: 944 - 04/02/2015 19:55:02    1690193

ublin v Donegal -Donegal by 1-2 as Dublin dont seem to care much about the league this year
Monaghan v Cork - monaghan this will be the tightest game i reckon, i think cork will still win the league even if they lose herer
Mayo v Tyrone -Mayo , will be tighter than people think but still mayo by more than 3. i think tyrone face relegation
Derry v Kerry - kerry by no more than 4-5.can see walsh having big game. derry rely to much on mark lynch Even tho he is a quality footballer if derry lose here relegation looks certain

Laois v Cavan- cavan. i think cavan can push on this year
Down v Roscommon - roscommon. i think roscommon will be the surprise team this year and i fancy them for connacht
Meath v Kildare -Meath by no more than 4
Westmeath v Galway - Galway by more than 3 . i think galway will push on this year can see them getting promoted

Tipperary v Limerick - Tipperary, would say tipp will get promoted
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh, should get promoted
Sligo v Fermanagh -fermanagh, was surprised with sligo loss last week.fermanagh wont be far off promotion quigley is aquaity player
Louth v Clare - draw canm see a good tight game here

Carlow v London - london. london seem to be fairly written off even tho they have some very good footballers like the likes off mulvey
Wicklow v Leitrim - leitrim. fancy leitrim to get promoted, new manager and u21s done well last year and had a good minor team
Longford v Antrim - Longford by more than 2
Offaly v Waterford - draw , to teams i could see get promoted

cornynsah (Donegal) - Posts: 12 - 04/02/2015 20:56:47    1690219

O SE Encourages DERRY TO BE MORE POSITIVE Is he mixing up Ds with Ks?

thebadbounce (Galway) - Posts: 87 - 04/02/2015 21:25:32    1690229

DIV 1

Dublin v Donegal - Donegal
Derry v Kerry - Derry
Monaghan v Cork - Monaghan
Mayo v Tyrone - Mayo

DIV 2

Meath v Kildare - Kildare
Laois v Cavan - Draw
Roscommon v Down - Down
Westmeath v Galway - Draw

DIV 3

Tipperary v Limerick - Tipperary
Wexford v Armagh - Armagh
Sligo v Fermanagh - Fermanagh
Louth v Clare - Louth

DIV 4

Carlow v London - Carlow
Wicklow v Leitrim - Wicklow
Longford v Antrim - Longford
Offaly v Waterford - Offaly

square_ball_69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 826 - 04/02/2015 21:56:36    1690248

Betting odds for weekend games once more illustrate the crying need for more competition in GAA betting. Dublin 4/9 is ridiculous bet - as was their being odds on in Cork - and a two point spread at 4/9 is taking the mickey. At those odds you should be getting four or five points on the dog.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 05/02/2015 13:31:34    1690374

donegalman so whats the fear of winning the league?

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 05/02/2015 14:56:00    1690401

hill

The problem with getting to the league final can be that it interferes with preparations for the provincial competition which can come close on the heels of the league final.

This may not be a problem for Dublin due to the level of opposition in Leinster but in the dog eat dog setting of Ulster the more preparation time the better.
The fact of the matter is that an Ulster title is held in much higher regard than a League title.

Not saying that's right or wrong, just the way it is.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 05/02/2015 16:53:07    1690454

MuckrossHead


Donegal played in the Div 2 final last year didn't they. I think they ended up in the All Ireland final later on.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1115 - 05/02/2015 17:59:13    1690482

MuckrossHead
County: Donegal
Posts: 3273

1690454
hill

The problem with getting to the league final can be that it interferes with preparations for the provincial competition which can come close on the heels of the league final.

This may not be a problem for Dublin due to the level of opposition in Leinster but in the dog eat dog setting of Ulster the more preparation time the better.
The fact of the matter is that an Ulster title is held in much higher regard than a League title.

Not saying that's right or wrong, just the way it is.


im sure there will be a 2-3 week gap from the league final inst there?
sure ye would probably be training or playing club footballl in that time as it is
a league final be far better preparation for a championship match
than training sessions or a challenge game

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 05/02/2015 19:14:45    1690504

Muckrosshead, a Leinster means more to me than a League also :)

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 05/02/2015 19:16:21    1690505