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Division One:
Armagh v Galway
Mayo v Dublin
Donegal v Kerry
Roscommon v Monaghan
D1. Three top 7 clashes. Tough away day to Donegal. All four games could go either way.

Division Two:
Kildare v Offaly
Derry v Tyrone
Louth v Cork
Cavan v Meath
D2. Three top 14 clashes. Can Kildare follow up their draw away to Tyrone and break into the top 14? Offaly need to bounce back with a win, as do all who lost on the opening day. All four D2 games can also go either way.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9393 - 30/01/2026 07:55:46    2653983

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Replying To legendzxix:  "Division One:
Armagh v Galway
Mayo v Dublin
Donegal v Kerry
Roscommon v Monaghan
D1. Three top 7 clashes. Tough away day to Donegal. All four games could go either way.

Division Two:
Kildare v Offaly
Derry v Tyrone
Louth v Cork
Cavan v Meath
D2. Three top 14 clashes. Can Kildare follow up their draw away to Tyrone and break into the top 14? Offaly need to bounce back with a win, as do all who lost on the opening day. All four D2 games can also go either way."
The League is definitely the best competition in Football.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18172 - 30/01/2026 09:02:26    2653986

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Replying To legendzxix:  "Division One:
Armagh v Galway
Mayo v Dublin
Donegal v Kerry
Roscommon v Monaghan
D1. Three top 7 clashes. Tough away day to Donegal. All four games could go either way.

Division Two:
Kildare v Offaly
Derry v Tyrone
Louth v Cork
Cavan v Meath
D2. Three top 14 clashes. Can Kildare follow up their draw away to Tyrone and break into the top 14? Offaly need to bounce back with a win, as do all who lost on the opening day. All four D2 games can also go either way."
Would you say the top 7 are all contenders...

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 508 - 30/01/2026 09:43:00    2653999

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Replying To legendzxix:  "Division One:
Armagh v Galway
Mayo v Dublin
Donegal v Kerry
Roscommon v Monaghan
D1. Three top 7 clashes. Tough away day to Donegal. All four games could go either way.

Division Two:
Kildare v Offaly
Derry v Tyrone
Louth v Cork
Cavan v Meath
D2. Three top 14 clashes. Can Kildare follow up their draw away to Tyrone and break into the top 14? Offaly need to bounce back with a win, as do all who lost on the opening day. All four D2 games can also go either way."
Donegal will lay down a marker .

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 743 - 30/01/2026 09:43:59    2654001

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Top 7 or 14. There will be different opinions on it. The top 7 in Division 1 last year seemed to have opened a bit of a gap. Anyone in the top 14 on their day can land a punch. Down outside of that were impressive. Can Meath challenge the top 7 consistently off the back of 3 big wins last year? Beating Derry was a good start.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9393 - 30/01/2026 10:30:24    2654013

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Replying To legendzxix:  "Top 7 or 14. There will be different opinions on it. The top 7 in Division 1 last year seemed to have opened a bit of a gap. Anyone in the top 14 on their day can land a punch. Down outside of that were impressive. Can Meath challenge the top 7 consistently off the back of 3 big wins last year? Beating Derry was a good start."
Top 7, top 14, top 21, top 28. No qualms about it.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2717 - 30/01/2026 11:53:04    2654037

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Replying To legendzxix:  "Top 7 or 14. There will be different opinions on it. The top 7 in Division 1 last year seemed to have opened a bit of a gap. Anyone in the top 14 on their day can land a punch. Down outside of that were impressive. Can Meath challenge the top 7 consistently off the back of 3 big wins last year? Beating Derry was a good start."
Westmeath were very competitive in div2, drew with Roscommon, and there was less than the kick of a ball between them and Louth, Cork, Down and Meath. Lost to Cavan by 4, and scored 2-21 against Monaghan.
Down finished with a better score difference than Louth, but finished 7th on head to head.
Division 2 as a whole was very competitive.
Overall though there is still a top 1, then a second tier of 3 or 4 counties, then a next tier of 3 or 4. Don't know what you are talking about with your 7 or 14 stuff.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18172 - 30/01/2026 14:18:32    2654055

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