National Football League 2023

MacDanger

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Yeah, the draw is normally arund 7/1 so if you pick say 14 games (assuming you have at least two where there's no more than an outside chance of a draw), you need to 2 to break even and 3 to be up.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120178457#Comment_120178457

Rossies beating Tyrone I would say. Might keep Roscommon up.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120178400#Comment_120178400

Agree with ya 100% . I love the league best competition teams normally well met. Get to travel elsewhere adds to the craic of it. Most Teams have taken the league seriously for the last few decades. Normally a team who does welll in League is at business end of championship.

Most Provincial competitions seem to have gone the other way - disinterest/apathy.

Treble double

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120178400#Comment_120178400

Best competition in the Gaa by a country mile, I hope they never tamper with the four divisions and try and implement 1A and 1B codology like they have in the past. I know some weaker counties argue that the strong get stronger by playing against each other in the top divisions but the counter to that is instead of complaining they get their own house in order and the opportunity is there to climb the divisions. Colm Collins took Clare from Division 4 and has them in Division 2 for their 7th year, this in a so called hurling county. Derry came from 4 and are pushing for 1. Mickey Harte has taken Louth from 4 to 2 etc.

Like you said the ideal would be a home and away leauge played in the summer and Div 1 winners crowned All Ireland champions and cups for the winners of the other 3 as well. Your knockout all inclusive open draw cup competition should be your secondary competition like the FA cup in soccer.

This would all be a bit radical for the Gaa and the provincial councils wouldn't have it.

Quitelife

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120181117#Comment_120181117

Good thoughts there , although the last 16 - 4 groups of 4 sounds very interesting in this years championship with the league in particular & the provincials to a lesser degree helping you get to the last 16.

ShamoBuc

Big comeback by Galway in the first half, down 3 to no score but rattle off 5 on the trot to go in with a 2 point lead, Comer off with a bad injury apparently early on.

Cork with a super first half to be 1-08 v 0-02 ahead v Kildare while 14 man Monaghan are in for a long last 10 minutes trailing by 10 in Kerry.

ACitizenErased

Red card for Kildare, Cork in the driving seat still. 1-10 to 0-5 15 mins into 2nd half

ShamoBuc

Not sure were Kildare poor or were Cork great. but I will gladly take the away win by 13 points any day.

A very good weekend for the Rebels.

TipsyMcStagge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120205234#Comment_120205234

Kildare were an absolute disgrace.

MacDanger

Rossies looking good now having played two teams that would have been expected to be around the top of the league, one more win and they'll surely be safe. Monaghan looking like they're in serious bother, their next game against Donegal is huge match for both of them. If those injuries to Comer & Finnerty are long term, Galway could be in relegation trouble as well.

Strumms

Watching Derry annihilate Meath.

2-14 to 1-6 after 64 minutes ….that probably flatters Meath.

referee also doing a hatchet job on Derry. Meath should be down to 14… a neck high clothesline with force is now only a yellow, apparently…

ShamoBuc

Mayo pretty much hammering Kerry in the first half, 2-08 v 0-03

gormdubhgorm

Jayus I enjoyed that Rossies v the orchard game. Was thinking beforehand would struggle to call a winner was nip and tuck.

Not sure if the Rossies improved defensively or was it Armagh’s counter attacking style that suited them? Normally I associate Roscommon with great attackers but very loose defensively.

breezy1985

The amount of wnking around the Dubs and their few big trips out of Croke Park is painful.

Talking about the media now not the fans but the reminiscing being done over a league trip to Cork is ridiculous..

TipsyMcStagge

Kildare somehow get out of Ennis with a much needed win but Clare should be ashamed of themselves 6 points up against 14 men with 20 minutes left and lost the lillies scoring 8 of the last 9 points.

ShamoBuc

4 a piece after around 15 minutes in Cork. Bit of a joke of a yellow issued to Maguire.

YabaDabaDooley

Yea some comeback by the Lillies when they looked dead and buried. They looked good v Dublin then rubbish v Cork so important they got some points on the board today.

YabaDabaDooley

Not often a Div 2 game gets primetime Sunday slot on TG4. Dubs not great so far Cork causing trouble in the full forward line.

ShamoBuc

Cork using the kick pass into the inside forwards very well, causing problems eveytime it goes in and score a fine goal.

YabaDabaDooley

Cork rip apart the fullback line again for a well worked goal. Dublin as open as ive ever seen at the back.

ShamoBuc

That was a fairly close call for the square ball, denying Cork a second goal, half a boot maybe.

ShamoBuc

Hurley is showing what he can do when fast direct kick passes are sent into him.

Enjoyable, open game.

YabaDabaDooley

Costelloe and Scully would want to get the finger out.

ShamoBuc

Dublin up by a point at ht,

Not much between the teams. Sherlock not doing what he normally does, been quite poor.

Cork have the Dublin full back line in all sorts of trouble but only have 1 goal, should have had 3.

YabaDabaDooley

Not a great Dublin performance. Cork look to have had played the better football but spurned a couple goal chances and the Dubs go in a point up.

It is a Dunne Deal

That is an incredibly soft second yellow. A tiny pull on the shirt is not a second yellow.

ShamoBuc

A thundering disgrace that MaGuire was carded and sent off for that - an absolute joke in fairness.

YabaDabaDooley

Ridiculous sending off.

Luxembourgo

As a Dub...

That was ridiculous

ShamoBuc

Yellow and taken off straight away, Not a bad decision given how soft they are being given out.

Sherlock off for Cork, has been off the pace all day in fairness.

Dublin slowly pulling away,

YabaDabaDooley

You could see Maguire pull the jersey for a split second before kind of realising he was already on a yellow and letting go almost immediately. I didn't realise any pull of a jersey was a yellow. Either way it's ruined the game as Dubs well on top now.

ShamoBuc

Gannon booked for that....ridiculous.

14 v 14 now

YabaDabaDooley

As is often the case the ref has evened up the playing numbers. Gannon stupid to get involved even if the Cork lad made the most of it.

ShamoBuc

50 gone, not a single dirty tackle in the game, barely a tackle in truth but somehow 2 reds issued.

enricoh

Where'd they get this ref- was he at soccer before! Two of the softest reds I've seen.

Corks dreadful wides costing them

YabaDabaDooley

The ref is going to sprain his wrist the amount of times he's flashing cards all over the shop.

ShamoBuc

Bullet of a goal for Cork.

The sides are level.

YabaDabaDooley

Great goal Cork. Anyones game now.

eigrod

That was a foot block. These officials are clueless.

YabaDabaDooley

McCaffrey to McCarthy. Over the bar. Music to all Dubs ears.

eigrod

Awful miss by Hurley.

YabaDabaDooley

Woeful wides by both teams.

theoneeyedman

After 3 rounds of D1 (9 games) Connacht teams have only lost one game, and fill the top 3 places.

The one game that a Connacht team has lost has been to another Connacht team (Roscommon v Galway)..

ShamoBuc

Where is he getting 7 minutes from?

YabaDabaDooley

Square ball comes back to haunt Cork for 2nd time.

YabaDabaDooley

Super score by Jack McCaffrey. Looks like he hasn't lost that killer speed.

eigrod

Great game, fair play to the players because the ref was so far out of his depth.

ShamoBuc

The few points that Dublin got when down to 14 ended up beinh the difference in the end.

A super save with the last kick of the game onto the crossbar stopping the winning goal for Cork.

A very enjoyable game which the ref did his best to ruin.

YabaDabaDooley

Action packed game ends in a Hurley howitzer smashing off the crossbar. Alls well that ends well though Dublin come away with the points but with a lot of work to do.

dxhound2005

The Monaghan Maor Uisce got a straight red card for kicking the ball away.