It has to be said we have a great football championship now.
6 rounds in total, huge games in every round and teams going out in round 3
The home and away and the luck of the draw adds to the excitement.
Supper stuff
Meath & Cork really proved themselves this weekend. Cork more maybe, but there was more pressure on Meath
Two flat losses to Kerry & Westmeath had people doubting them
But two huge away wins away against tough Ulster teams is them acting like the division 1 teams they are 👏
Ah lads, that Luke Fahey 2 pointer was good but then Tommy Walsh 2 pointer was something else.
He helped turnover Murphy on his 45 and charged up the field to stick it over on the run off the outside of the boot
Inspirational
Super win for Meath - the better team right throughout.
They were frustrating in the first half but much more efficient in the 2nd.
Teams are kicking a lot of wides with the wind, forcing it a bit
James Conlon was exceptional, impossible to mark him
Hurson has just given 4 black cards to players
1 yellow to a sub
A red to a member of the Meath backroom team
All for a row going in at half time. Talk about learning a lesson from Killarney
Meath missing Kinsella badly and Morris hasn't shown up so they're down their two most creative players
They're dominating the game but other than Conlon not firing up front.
Sargent goal was very soft by them too
"If we push out we expose ourselves, if we sit back we have to chase the game"
Diarmuid Murtagh speaking to @jack_madden2001 for us about where it went wrong for Roscommon in the second half
"One of out most damaging forwards goes back and marks one of their most damaging forwards"
A delighted Karl Gallagher spoke to @jack_madden2001 for us after the game.
He paid tribute to Stephen O'Hanlon's unusual marking job 💪
Conor McCarthy on GAA "Our quality is overlooked"
He's right you know, we all do it
McCarthy, McCarron, Ward, Bannigan ran the 2nd half
Stephen O' Hanlon selflessly marked Darragh Heneghan on Roscommon attacks
After watching South Africa kick off the World Cup last night and looking forward to Canada v Bosnia tonight...
...I'll NEVER give out about our Gaelic games Championship structures again!
*Disclaimer - I might give out about the above in the future
Great to catch up with Laois manager Tommy Fitzgerald after Laois' great win in the Joe McDonough Cup
- No Liam McCarthy game this year
- Getting the tactics right in the final
- Pickey Maher return/Eoin Reilly return
- Having to drop Cha Dwyer
- Analysis Laois didn’t look fit last year v Kildare