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Replying To Gaa_lover: "Be less cowardly with your rankings and Pick 3,4,5 and 8,9,10." On current form the order they're in, come championship probably different. otgarom (Mayo) - Posts: 15 - 11/03/2026 22:06:27 2660965 Link
Replying To dickie10: "Mayo lost to cork by 20 point in all ireland semi final in 93 and were in two all ireland finals back to back 1996 and 1997" LOL 1996...... how many years ago ha S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 13/03/2026 08:55:05 2661051 Link
1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Armagh 4 - Galway 5 - Mayo 6 - Roscommon 7 - Meath 8 - Dublin 9 - Derry 10 - Cork 11 - Louth 12 - Tyrone 13 - Down 14 - Monaghan 15 - Cavan 16 - Kildare 17 - Westmeath 18 - Wexford 19 - Offaly 20 - Clare 21 - Sligo 22 - Laois 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Limerick 25 - Wicklow 26 - Antrim 27 - Carlow 28 - London 29 - Longford 30 - Tipperary 31 - Lietrim 32 - Waterford LosDodgers (USA) - Posts: 23 - 16/03/2026 22:42:25 2661550 Link
Replying To LosDodgers: "1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Armagh 4 - Galway 5 - Mayo 6 - Roscommon 7 - Meath 8 - Dublin 9 - Derry 10 - Cork 11 - Louth 12 - Tyrone 13 - Down 14 - Monaghan 15 - Cavan 16 - Kildare 17 - Westmeath 18 - Wexford 19 - Offaly 20 - Clare 21 - Sligo 22 - Laois 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Limerick 25 - Wicklow 26 - Antrim 27 - Carlow 28 - London 29 - Longford 30 - Tipperary 31 - Lietrim 32 - Waterford" Nice Try LosDodgers but you'll have to start your own thread 1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Roscommon 4 - Armagh 5 - Galway 6 - Mayo 7 - Dublin 8 - Meath 9 - Derry 10 - Cork 11 - Louth 12 - Tyrone 13 - Monaghan 14 - Down 15 - Cavan 16 - Kildare 17 - Westmeath 18 - Wexford 19 - Offaly 20 - Laois 21 - Clare 22 - Sligo 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Limerick 25 - Carlow 26 - Wicklow 27 - Antrim 28 - London 29 - Longford 30 - Tipperary 31 - Lietrim 32 - Waterford tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1781 - 17/03/2026 11:30:29 2661574 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Nice Try LosDodgers but you'll have to start your own thread 1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Roscommon 4 - Armagh 5 - Galway 6 - Mayo 7 - Dublin 8 - Meath 9 - Derry 10 - Cork 11 - Louth 12 - Tyrone 13 - Monaghan 14 - Down 15 - Cavan 16 - Kildare 17 - Westmeath 18 - Wexford 19 - Offaly 20 - Laois 21 - Clare 22 - Sligo 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Limerick 25 - Carlow 26 - Wicklow 27 - Antrim 28 - London 29 - Longford 30 - Tipperary 31 - Lietrim 32 - Waterford" Time to scrap the Div1 & 2 league finals - don't see any point in them now - top the table - win the league. I fancy Donegal to really go after Kerry in the league final - they were like a greyhound who had been fed a burger yesterday. Wont be the case the next day out. 1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Armagh 4 - Galway 5 - Mayo 6 - Roscommon 7 - Meath 8 - Dublin 9 - Cork 10 - Derry 11 - Louth 12 - Tyrone 13 - Monaghan 14 - Down 15 - Cavan 16 - Kildare 17 - Wexford 18 - Westmeath 19 - Offaly 20 - Laois 21 - Sligo 22 - Clare 23 - Limerick 24 - Fermanagh 25 - Carlow 26 - Longford 27 - Wicklow 28 - Antrim 29 - London 30 - Tipperary 31 - Leitrim 32 - Waterford tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1781 - 23/03/2026 09:48:32 2662432 Link
A fair bit of movement since the league 1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Galway 4 - Mayo 5 - Roscommon 6 - Armagh 7 - Derry 8 - Tyrone 9 - Louth 10 - Cork 11 - Monaghan 12 - Dublin 13 - Westmeath 14 - Meath 15 - Down 16 - Cavan 17 - Kildare 19 - Wexford 19 - Laois 20 - Clare 21 - Limerick 22 - Offaly 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Wicklow 25 - Carlow 26 - Longford 27 - Leitrim 28 - Antrim 29 - London 30 - Sligo 31 - Tipperary 32 - Waterford tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1781 - 20/04/2026 10:01:40 2667430 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "A fair bit of movement since the league 1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Galway 4 - Mayo 5 - Roscommon 6 - Armagh 7 - Derry 8 - Tyrone 9 - Louth 10 - Cork 11 - Monaghan 12 - Dublin 13 - Westmeath 14 - Meath 15 - Down 16 - Cavan 17 - Kildare 19 - Wexford 19 - Laois 20 - Clare 21 - Limerick 22 - Offaly 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Wicklow 25 - Carlow 26 - Longford 27 - Leitrim 28 - Antrim 29 - London 30 - Sligo 31 - Tipperary 32 - Waterford" Three of the top five teams in country are not in Connaught. Just because you can't, or don't want to separate them doesn't mean they are ranked 3, 4 and 5. SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 923 - 20/04/2026 17:06:57 2667547 Link
Replying To SouthOfTheGap: "Three of the top five teams in country are not in Connaught. Just because you can't, or don't want to separate them doesn't mean they are ranked 3, 4 and 5." It's a hard one to call. You could question why Galway are 3rd... OK they drew against Kerry & Donegal in the league but there's an argument for moving them to 5th as both Mayo & Roscommon bet them in the league & finished above them (which counts for little at this stage but you have to base it on something) and maybe moving Armagh up to 4th purely on the basis that they've played championship already. But as I've said, tough one to call. There will be a bigger headache if Leitrim manage the unthinkable at the weekend... haha Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2027 - 20/04/2026 18:22:45 2667572 Link
Power rankings are hard to do as it can swap and change but I'd have Kerry and Donegal top with nothing between them, I'd then have Armagh in 3rd and then a group of Galway, mayo, Dublin, rossies all the same level then cork, Meath Louth, derry and Tyrone all the same (Tyrone having potential to go up a group) Liftball (Armagh) - Posts: 63 - 20/04/2026 19:48:50 2667590 Link
Power rankings are hard to do as it can swap and change but I'd have Kerry and Donegal top with nothing between them, I'd then have Armagh in 3rd and then a group of Galway, mayo, Dublin, rossies all the same level then cork, Meath Louth, derry and Tyrone all the same (Tyrone having potential to go up a group) Top group Donegal and Kerry 2nd group Armagh 3rd group Mayo, Galway, Dublin, rossies 4th group Derry, Louth, Meath, Tyrone and cork 5th group Monaghan, Cavan, Westmeath, kildare and down Liftball (Armagh) - Posts: 63 - 20/04/2026 19:50:42 2667591 Link
Replying To Liftball: "Power rankings are hard to do as it can swap and change but I'd have Kerry and Donegal top with nothing between them, I'd then have Armagh in 3rd and then a group of Galway, mayo, Dublin, rossies all the same level then cork, Meath Louth, derry and Tyrone all the same (Tyrone having potential to go up a group)" In fairness, both Mayo & Roscommon bet you in the league and finished above ye, so 3rd is probably a bit ahead at the minute. You could argue for 4th but only on the basis that ye have a championship game under your belt. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2027 - 20/04/2026 20:25:17 2667594 Link
Replying To Liftball: "Power rankings are hard to do as it can swap and change but I'd have Kerry and Donegal top with nothing between them, I'd then have Armagh in 3rd and then a group of Galway, mayo, Dublin, rossies all the same level then cork, Meath Louth, derry and Tyrone all the same (Tyrone having potential to go up a group) Top group Donegal and Kerry 2nd group Armagh 3rd group Mayo, Galway, Dublin, rossies 4th group Derry, Louth, Meath, Tyrone and cork 5th group Monaghan, Cavan, Westmeath, kildare and down" How are Armagh 2nd group? And Dubs are well off it thry are in 4th . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 20/04/2026 20:31:39 2667597 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "A fair bit of movement since the league 1 - Kerry 2 - Donegal 3 - Galway 4 - Mayo 5 - Roscommon 6 - Armagh 7 - Derry 8 - Tyrone 9 - Louth 10 - Cork 11 - Monaghan 12 - Dublin 13 - Westmeath 14 - Meath 15 - Down 16 - Cavan 17 - Kildare 19 - Wexford 19 - Laois 20 - Clare 21 - Limerick 22 - Offaly 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Wicklow 25 - Carlow 26 - Longford 27 - Leitrim 28 - Antrim 29 - London 30 - Sligo 31 - Tipperary 32 - Waterford" Good to see Leitrim jump from 31 to 27! Poor ould Sligo. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2506 - 20/04/2026 23:15:31 2667629 Link
Replying To Liftball: "Power rankings are hard to do as it can swap and change but I'd have Kerry and Donegal top with nothing between them, I'd then have Armagh in 3rd and then a group of Galway, mayo, Dublin, rossies all the same level then cork, Meath Louth, derry and Tyrone all the same (Tyrone having potential to go up a group) Top group Donegal and Kerry 2nd group Armagh 3rd group Mayo, Galway, Dublin, rossies 4th group Derry, Louth, Meath, Tyrone and cork 5th group Monaghan, Cavan, Westmeath, kildare and down" Tyrone probably shouldve beaten you in Ulster the other week. Up or down there was nothing between the teams. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19384 - 21/04/2026 08:07:05 2667637 Link
Replying To SouthOfTheGap: "Three of the top five teams in country are not in Connaught. Just because you can't, or don't want to separate them doesn't mean they are ranked 3, 4 and 5." Did you not watch the Tyrone v Armagh game? - if the 3rd/4th best teams in the country were playing there, then its time for another FRC. Wicklow should have beaten Dublin the last day - so there hardly top 5 material tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1781 - 21/04/2026 09:57:36 2667661 Link
anyone follow the boards power rankings? seems a bit more reality, based more on stats. why is this so reactive ? dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 930 - 21/04/2026 10:43:02 2667672 Link
- Tirawleybaron - Laoisman11 (boards.ie) 1 - Kerry - Donegal 2 - Donegal - Kerry 3 - Galway - Mayo 4 - Mayo - Galway 5 - Roscommon - Meath (before loss to Westmeath) 6 - Armagh - Armagh 7 - Derry - Roscommon 8 - Tyrone - Dublin 9 - Louth - Cork 10 - Cork - Derry 11 - Monaghan - Louth 12 - Dublin - Tyrone 13 - Westmeath - Down 14 - Meath - Monaghan 15 - Down - Cavan 16 - Cavan - Kildare 17 - Kildare - Laois 19 - Wexford - Wexford 19 - Laois - Westmeath (before beating Meath) 20 - Clare - Clare 21 - Limerick - Limerick 22 - Offaly - Wicklow 23 - Fermanagh - Offaly 24 - Wicklow - Fermanagh 25 - Carlow - Sligo 26 - Longford - Leitrim 27 - Leitrim - Antrim 28 - Antrim - Tipperary 29 - London - Carlow 30 - Sligo - Longford 31 - Tipperary - London 32 - Waterford - New York Not really that different, except that a bad performance in the championship is punished more in this rankings. Laoisman tends to treat league and championship the same. We all know that there is a world of difference between league performance and championship performance. If your flopping in your first round championship match, you wont be having a great summer. With a shortened season, if your out of form in April, it will be hard to get to top form in June. Dublin and Meath wont be bothering the All Ireland contenders this year. Armagh wont be regaining the All Ireland. Sligo and Carlow wont be winning the Tailteann Cup. All those players should be sounding out a few clubs in NY or Chicago for the summer. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1781 - 21/04/2026 17:35:09 2667751 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Tyrone probably shouldve beaten you in Ulster the other week. Up or down there was nothing between the teams." Good point based on the last match between Armagh and Tyrone. I expect Armagh to improve considerably the next day. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 920 - 21/04/2026 17:58:48 2667758 Link
Replying To Liftball: "Power rankings are hard to do as it can swap and change but I'd have Kerry and Donegal top with nothing between them, I'd then have Armagh in 3rd and then a group of Galway, mayo, Dublin, rossies all the same level then cork, Meath Louth, derry and Tyrone all the same (Tyrone having potential to go up a group) Top group Donegal and Kerry 2nd group Armagh 3rd group Mayo, Galway, Dublin, rossies 4th group Derry, Louth, Meath, Tyrone and cork 5th group Monaghan, Cavan, Westmeath, kildare and down" I'll have 2 of what you are having. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1020 - 21/04/2026 20:43:35 2667786 Link
1 - Kerry 2 - Armagh 3 - Roscommon 4 - Galway 5 - Donegal 6 - Mayo 7 - Derry 8 - Down 9 - Tyrone 10 - Louth 11 - Cork 12 - Monaghan 13 - Dublin 14 - Westmeath 15 - Meath 16 - Cavan 17 - Kildare 19 - Wexford 19 - Laois 20 - Clare 21 - Limerick 22 - Offaly 23 - Fermanagh 24 - Wicklow 25 - Carlow 26 - Longford 27 - Leitrim 28 - Antrim 29 - London 30 - Sligo 31 - Tipperary 32 - Waterford Bad weekend for Donegal and Mayo Down and Roscommon are on the way up tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1781 - 26/04/2026 18:55:49 2668910 Link