Paul Flynn's football championship predictions
This weekend, we kick off the group stages of the All-Ireland series, and while there's a lot of talk about meaningless games, every team competing is going to want to get off to a winning start.
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This weekend, we kick off the group stages of the All-Ireland series, and while there's a lot of talk about meaningless games, every team competing is going to want to get off to a winning start.
Derry and Armagh might have played out a thrilling Ulster final on Sunday afternoon, but the most dangerous team in the province was at home with their feet up, according to RTÉ Sport pundit Paul Flynn.
The Tailteann Cup is a vital avenue for the evolution of our developing football counties and should be respected and progressed every bit as much as its hurling counterparts - and my fellow RTÉ analyst Dónal Óg Cusack knows that as well as anyone.
First up it's Derry v Monaghan in Healy Park. I covered the Monaghan v Tyrone game in Healy Park a couple of weeks back and I was really impressed with, not just the performance from Monaghan but also the character they showed to grind out the victory in the second-half.
Down's improvement in fortunes on the pitch is reflective of the positive outlook of rookie inter-county manager Conor Laverty.
We've a busy weekend ahead of us, with 10 games overall.
It has been 16 years since Anthony Daly made his first appearance on the Sunday Game highlights show, but the biggest surprise came earlier that week.
Mayo's encouraging start to the season came to a shuddering halt in Castlebar on Sunday as neighbours Roscommon put the league champions out of the Connacht Championship.