Replying To legendzxix:  "Mayo - after a 75 year wait, 2 buses could come at once! Could be the first county since Kerry 06-07 to win back to back titles outside of their home league ground.
Tyrone - impressive winners over Dublin in Croke Park in the 2025 quarter final. Narrowly lost out in this year's quarter final. With young players to come through, they could take some stopping.
Dublin - a dangerous animal in their home league ground at the business end of the championship.
Kerry - the great Kerry team of 06-07 were the last to achieve back to back titles outside of their home league ground. The current side haven't been able to match that.
Galway - are they nearing the end of their championship window.. Drew the short straw of Dublin in Dublin's home league ground in the quarter finals.
Donegal - also drew the short straw of Dublin in Dublin's home league ground in Round 3. They'll be back with a vengeance next year.
Armagh - Won Ulster. Tough loss in Round 3. With the new format there will be heavyweights knocked out before the quarters.

Dangerous opponents:
Meath - won Division 2 and were knocked out by Mayo. They'll be a threat to the so-called main contenders.
Cork - got promoted to Division 1 and were knocked out by Mayo. They could be inspired by Roscommon and Westmeath to give Munster a right rattle next year.
Roscommon - shook up Division 1 and the Connacht championship. The task now is to follow it up in the All Ireland championship.
Louth - impressive victories in 2026. Improved on 2025. Tough loss in the semi final but they'll bounce back.
Derry - weren't far off promotion.
Down - if they can get back to the All Ireland championship, they'll be a tricky opponent."

Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Its an awful game and the womens version is even worse from what ive seen on tg4 before they show club games in Autumn and Winter.

Mickey Harte called all this years ago. GAA ought to be promoting gaelic football not boosting this dogs dinner and certainly not facilitating "recruitment."

Would be pity if Kobe opens up new wave."

Replying To sligo joe:  "Two pointers give a team an avenue to close a gap quickly or indeed open a big lead. You are asking about the importance of having the ability of converting two pointers.
Mayo's all ireland performance really only confuses the issue
Yes they converted 4 two pointers for 8 points.
However 14 of their attacks resulted in attempts a two pointers.
If they had ignored the two point arc and pressed on how much would they expect to score from 14 attacks, a decent conversion rate would give them 10 points, with a goal chance or two, maybe 1-8 or 1-9."

Replying To FullOfPorter:  "A terrible watch. And I don't know if it was accidental but having the Irish v Aussie women's on the same weekend as the LGFA All Ireland finals I thought was scandalous and poor judgement on behalf of the Irish girls to take part on that particular weekend.

Kobe is about to give their game a platform they never had before in Ireland, if he's a success there will be a lot tuning in to see how he gets on. You could have a two pronged effect of more people following it as fans and more young lads wanting to emulate him and play. It could turn out that AFL becomes the biggest threat to maintaining the GAA as an amateur organisation."

Replying To Dmoa95:  "Mayo have seven players from their women's team in the WAFL.

I'm sure the men's team would also be in a much better position if they were retaining Kobe (18) and had Oisín Mullin (25). Those are two generational players who a defence and forward line could be built around for the next five to seven years.

Kerry have lost some massive players as well, which would definitely increase their chances of winning more All-Irelands."

Replying To logger:  "What learnings? Two-pointers if the goalie scores, and I wouldn't put it beyond Nicky Quaid.

When has Nicky ever scored a point? Maybe I'm forgetting here but he doesn't do it regularly anyway. Perhaps he should have said Mark Fanning here."

Replying To tirawleybaron:  "There is a reality coming down the tracks for mens gaelic football.

The all Ireland semis and finals took in over €24m in gate reciepts. (83,000 x €100)
The current football product will attract bigger crowds in earlier especially if the competitiveness remains.

The other GAA sports - Hurling, lgfa, camogie, tailteann cup, will always be amateur as there is no market to sustain those sports at a professional level.

However, with the commitment needed from multiple counties to win Sam Maguire - there is a business case developing for having 10 semi professional football counties at a minimum (Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Tyrone, Donegal, Armagh, Kildare, Meath, Louth) as they would have the attendences to support it in a tailored competition.

Roscommon, Monaghan, Westmeath might have the teams now to joint them, but don't have the population to do it.
Cork , Limerick, Clare, Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford would be involved in hurling which doesn't have enough general appeal to ever become a runner for a semi professional operation.

The day will come when the the top end of the gaelic football pyramid will produce enough talent that Aussie rules will take 20 or so a year. The only way to stop it is to have a paid opportunity at home. That is the inevitable conclusion"

Replying To tirawleybaron:  "There is a reality coming down the tracks for mens gaelic football.

The all Ireland semis and finals took in over €24m in gate reciepts. (83,000 x €100)
The current football product will attract bigger crowds in earlier especially if the competitiveness remains.

The other GAA sports - Hurling, lgfa, camogie, tailteann cup, will always be amateur as there is no market to sustain those sports at a professional level.

However, with the commitment needed from multiple counties to win Sam Maguire - there is a business case developing for having 10 semi professional football counties at a minimum (Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Tyrone, Donegal, Armagh, Kildare, Meath, Louth) as they would have the attendences to support it in a tailored competition.

Roscommon, Monaghan, Westmeath might have the teams now to joint them, but don't have the population to do it.
Cork , Limerick, Clare, Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford would be involved in hurling which doesn't have enough general appeal to ever become a runner for a semi professional operation.

The day will come when the the top end of the gaelic football pyramid will produce enough talent that Aussie rules will take 20 or so a year. The only way to stop it is to have a paid opportunity at home. That is the inevitable conclusion"