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Best underdogs for championship

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will derry or galway or rosscommon be contenders and even tyrone are massive contenders

oakleafersir (Derry) - Posts: 808 - 24/04/2016 21:15:18    1848851

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anyone not named Dublin is an underdog

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 25/04/2016 08:02:12    1848873

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No underdogs this year I am afraid. Are you talking about anti post betting? in 2014, kerry were around 8/1 anti post. In 2008 Tyrone were 33/1 when they went in the back door after the first round. But neither were really outside bets when you look at their form.

I would say that if you were to pick an outsider, kerry are about as outside as you can get, and that would mean they are 4s on the market. Mayo are around 5s or 6s but wont win it.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 25/04/2016 09:09:31    1848886

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it looks like a Kerry v Dublin allireland semi
well Dublin certainly have kerrys number
unless Kerry can somehow find improvement
om the other side it looks like mayo
can this be the year they finally climb over that hill
they will I'm sure get to all ireland final
and their hunger for sam might get them to the holy grail

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 25/04/2016 09:31:08    1848894

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Kerry

Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 25/04/2016 09:33:17    1848897

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Dublin B team? Only ones that would give Dublin A team a game.
Apart from that forget about it.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 25/04/2016 10:28:33    1848944

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I think we are best placed to try and match Dublin and stop them winning. That said we would need everything stacked in our favor, Dublin under performing, luck etc.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 25/04/2016 12:33:27    1849074

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mayo 6/1 ew.if they get to the final 1/3 odds 1st/2nd .so you basically get almost the same amount for getting to the final as for dublin winning it with the added bonus of a good payout if mayo happened to actually win it..

kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 25/04/2016 12:53:15    1849093

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Longford

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 25/04/2016 13:02:32    1849105

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Looks like there are 31 underdogs to me.

Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 25/04/2016 14:17:58    1849183

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Tyrone!

moylagh (Meath) - Posts: 484 - 26/04/2016 10:33:01    1849562

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The underdogs are the 33 counties (new york and London included)

Dublin's to loose

I'm afraid its going to be the case for a long long time to come!

BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 26/04/2016 12:27:20    1849633

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Usual defeatist nonsense from the usual faces.

Yes Dublin are hot favourites & rightly so, but to say they are unbeatable is claptrap.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 26/04/2016 12:32:06    1849637

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not sure what all the fuss is about with Dublin's dominence. they were only a couple of points up against kerry when it was 15 v 15. kerry hadn't james O' donoghue . If kerry make a few changes in personnel and a few positional changes they will still be close to Dublin. The likes of Mayo, Monaghan, Tyrone and Cork wouldn't be that far behind and who knows with Donegal, I have a feeling that they will bounce back too. Always in GAA there is a dominant team, For years Kerry dominated (remember the almost 5-in-a-row team). If Dublin won 5-in-a-row now there would be uproar and calls for changes to the system.

yes apart from Dublin I suppose we are all underdogs but would it be a massive surprise if Mayo or Kerry won the all-ireland ?

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 26/04/2016 13:13:38    1849675

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Its literally going to be worst championship ever.

RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 26/04/2016 13:46:03    1849695

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Royal badger
Will probably be the worst Leinster championship ever with the second and third in the betting behind Dublin ( Kildare Meath ) at around 10/1 to 14/1
Meath could not win promotion and Kildare could not beat Clare so once more a stroll got Dublin
Then again that's not much good to them as they wont have been tested so it will probably be the q final before Dublin get a proper game And this is where the sticky game could come.
Any of Mayo Tyrone Donegal Monaghan or even Kerry can get beat in their provinces so would be coming through the back door and any of them could put it up to Dublin
Usually a team from Division one win Sam , very seldom a promoted team ( Tyrone/ Cavan ) win , I think Armagh were the last and Donegal got to the final in 2014.
So on that basis Kerry Dublin Donegal Roscommon Monaghan Mayo are the teams with a chance of winning Sam Dublin must have a 75 per cent chance at least with Mayo next best
So from a betting angle ----Mayo @6/1 ew with Donegal ( will have to improve) @20/1 a sporting outsider with odds of 10/1 to make the final

SamOnErrigal (Donegal) - Posts: 1427 - 26/04/2016 15:24:38    1849753

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