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Replying To Viking66: "Kildare dark horses for Leinster this year. You heard it here 1st ;-)" That they may but I think Meath have to be favourites and will want to make right last year. It's great to see the Leinster championship competitive again. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1751 - 04/02/2026 10:38:20 2654919 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I don't think it's an opinion. Who's opinion? An opinion without any justification? It's not even an opinion. It's a 'ranking'? Have you met anyone in the country with the opinion that Ros are a top6 side, or that Mayo are a top3 side? It's a ranking, and it looks to me like a particularly worthless ranking assessment to date." It's actually on paddy powers main official site . Bit early in the year to be getting triggered by Mayo and ' rankings ' . Pace yourself. We all know rankings mean nothing. Do your talking on the pitch as we will do . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 775 - 04/02/2026 10:42:40 2654921 Link
Replying To Square_B: "That they may but I think Meath have to be favourites and will want to make right last year. It's great to see the Leinster championship competitive again." Meath are definitely hot favourites for Leinster and rightly so. Kildare are going in the right direction; but are ultimately bottlers so I can't see them doing anything in Leinster. Don't forget about Louth who are the Leinster champions also.. Leinster is getting more competitive to be fair which is great! Matthew (None) - Posts: 1111 - 04/02/2026 10:58:29 2654922 Link
The NFL Tables are the current rankings. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 350 - 04/02/2026 11:01:20 2654923 Link
Replying To S1234: "It's actually on paddy powers main official site . Bit early in the year to be getting triggered by Mayo and ' rankings ' . Pace yourself. We all know rankings mean nothing. Do your talking on the pitch as we will do ." I'm not 'triggered' with them at all, thats's the point i was making. Ros are 14th on Paddy Power odds for Sam, which illustrates my point. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4539 - 04/02/2026 11:05:34 2654926 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I'm not 'triggered' with them at all, thats's the point i was making. Ros are 14th on Paddy Power odds for Sam, which illustrates my point." Mayo are 3rd on paddy power. Bit surprised at that myself tbh . It's only someones opinion anyways . Rossies are not to be sniffed at though they have great forwards. Galway I feel have a bit of pressure on them this year. Mayo we will be happy just to get back to croker in the summer . Connacht is our goal. S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 775 - 04/02/2026 11:18:18 2654931 Link
Mayo beat Tyrone and were squeezed out by Donegal. They made the league final and were narrowly beaten by Galway in Connacht. Andy isn't exactly starting from a low base. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9409 - 04/02/2026 12:01:51 2654950 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Mayo beat Tyrone and were squeezed out by Donegal. They made the league final and were narrowly beaten by Galway in Connacht. Andy isn't exactly starting from a low base." That's one way to look at it. Another way is. Against Donegal who rested players in round 7 of the league Mayo with a few minutes to go were on the verge of relegation, penalty save was a turning point. League final they weren't as expected competitive against your own Kerry. Narrowly beaten by Galway was improvement in the Connnacht final from the less than convincing wins against Leitrim and Sligo coming into that final. Losing to Cavan at home proved very costly and group stage exit in the championship. 2024 Mayo made a round 12 exit at home to Derry and the two years before were well beaten in the All-Ireland Quarter-finals. Jury is out yet on Mayo under Moran afterall they won the league in 2023 and couldn't bring that form into the championship. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3834 - 04/02/2026 13:18:40 2654966 Link
Replying To Matthew: "Meath are definitely hot favourites for Leinster and rightly so. Kildare are going in the right direction; but are ultimately bottlers so I can't see them doing anything in Leinster. Don't forget about Louth who are the Leinster champions also.. Leinster is getting more competitive to be fair which is great!" The odds for Leinster are as follows Dublin 8/13 Meath 15/8 Kildare 10/1 Louth 12/1 Westmeath 25/1 Rest not worth mentioning. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3834 - 04/02/2026 13:23:27 2654967 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Mayo beat Tyrone and were squeezed out by Donegal. They made the league final and were narrowly beaten by Galway in Connacht. Andy isn't exactly starting from a low base." That's a fair assessment. Mayo have excellent structures, coaches, playing numbers, facilities, they will always be competitive. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18246 - 04/02/2026 13:34:33 2654972 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "That's one way to look at it. Another way is. Against Donegal who rested players in round 7 of the league Mayo with a few minutes to go were on the verge of relegation, penalty save was a turning point. League final they weren't as expected competitive against your own Kerry. Narrowly beaten by Galway was improvement in the Connnacht final from the less than convincing wins against Leitrim and Sligo coming into that final. Losing to Cavan at home proved very costly and group stage exit in the championship. 2024 Mayo made a round 12 exit at home to Derry and the two years before were well beaten in the All-Ireland Quarter-finals. Jury is out yet on Mayo under Moran afterall they won the league in 2023 and couldn't bring that form into the championship." We still had to beat Donegal otherwise we would have gotten relagated . We were way off last year . But I put that down to trouble in the camp. And that is clear as day now in the turnaround in the mood under Andy . Lets be clear here though absolutely no one in Mayo is building us up or getting hyped up. That's outsiders doing that as per usual . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 775 - 04/02/2026 13:48:43 2654974 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "The odds for Leinster are as follows Dublin 8/13 Meath 15/8 Kildare 10/1 Louth 12/1 Westmeath 25/1 Rest not worth mentioning." Should Offaly be discounted from being a dark horse to make the final? legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9409 - 04/02/2026 13:49:49 2654975 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "The odds for Leinster are as follows Dublin 8/13 Meath 15/8 Kildare 10/1 Louth 12/1 Westmeath 25/1 Rest not worth mentioning." Louth might be worth an e/w if the bookies takes it ... you'd expect Louth and Dublin to meet in the semi of that side of the draw. I'd be laying against Dublin for sure. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1751 - 04/02/2026 13:54:04 2654976 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Mayo beat Tyrone and were squeezed out by Donegal. They made the league final and were narrowly beaten by Galway in Connacht. Andy isn't exactly starting from a low base." He's not starting from no3 seed in the world either, unless they've been hiding it well for a few years. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4539 - 04/02/2026 14:02:21 2654981 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "That's one way to look at it. Another way is. Against Donegal who rested players in round 7 of the league Mayo with a few minutes to go were on the verge of relegation, penalty save was a turning point. League final they weren't as expected competitive against your own Kerry. Narrowly beaten by Galway was improvement in the Connnacht final from the less than convincing wins against Leitrim and Sligo coming into that final. Losing to Cavan at home proved very costly and group stage exit in the championship. 2024 Mayo made a round 12 exit at home to Derry and the two years before were well beaten in the All-Ireland Quarter-finals. Jury is out yet on Mayo under Moran afterall they won the league in 2023 and couldn't bring that form into the championship." Every team goes through a period of transition which we have been the last few years . Same as Dublin are now . You don't need to list our past failings to remind of us that. I'd say your a Galway one or Rossie for sure .. S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 775 - 04/02/2026 14:02:38 2654982 Link
Replying To S1234: "It's actually on paddy powers main official site . Bit early in the year to be getting triggered by Mayo and ' rankings ' . Pace yourself. We all know rankings mean nothing. Do your talking on the pitch as we will do ." Try to stay original, if you can. Copying other posters terms like 'triggered' and 'pace yourself' is sad. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4539 - 04/02/2026 14:09:44 2654986 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I don't think it's an opinion. Who's opinion? An opinion without any justification? It's not even an opinion. It's a 'ranking'? Have you met anyone in the country with the opinion that Ros are a top6 side, or that Mayo are a top3 side? It's a ranking, and it looks to me like a particularly worthless ranking assessment to date." It is an opinion. Off the ball do them. It usually goes by teams showing the best form in a particular week. Overall though it's flawed and things change so much from week to week never mind from league to championship. Mayo aren't a top 3 side yet….that does not interest me in the slightest. Although that lad who runs the Maroon and white podcast along with yer ex player seemed to be particularly irked by Mayo with countless smart comments and jibes after the league game. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11897 - 04/02/2026 15:39:38 2654993 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Should Offaly be discounted from being a dark horse to make the final?" Yes. Alot of the u20s arent making the jump. Yet. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18246 - 04/02/2026 15:41:21 2654994 Link
@S1234 (Mayo) two different replies to me on the same post. You forgot to sign out of one of usernames for the 2nd one didn't you? I have no county and can deliver full neutral viewpoint. As for hype Mayo are currently 3rd in the betting which means the punters and bookies expect Mayo to reach All-Ireland semi-final at least. Transition was done under James Horan on his 2nd term and reached two All-Ireland finals under that term. As I said jury is out on Andy Moran to see can such expectations can be reached. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3834 - 04/02/2026 16:46:55 2655008 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "He's not starting from no3 seed in the world either, unless they've been hiding it well for a few years." 2024 Mayo were runners up to Dublin. Derry were third behind Armagh and Galway. Derry beating Mayo on penalties is a footballing result. Well kind of. Penalities being more another sporting influence. 2025 Every county suffered a tough loss. Mayo's was against Cavan. They bounced back against Tyrone and were nudged out by Donegal. Tyrone gave Kerry the tougher game in Croke Park last year. Donegal made the final. Mayo can't be allowed that far away as some are saying. Exiting in the last 12 and old group stage could come down to luck of the draw. With the new format - there could be heavyweight collisions in Round 2B or Round 3. A "blunt instrument" is what Jarlath Burns is calling it. Armagh, Tyrone and Donegal are on one side of the Ulster draw. A championship can determine the champion but is not necessarily a fair reflection of 2nd, 3rd, etc.. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9409 - 04/02/2026 16:51:36 2655010 Link