THE FIRST GAME of this year’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship may have already taken place but the race for Sam Maguire really kicks up a gear this weekend with action in three of the four provinces.
On Saturday, Westmeath and Louth get their Leinster Championship campaigns under way, while Sunday sees four more games with Down’s trip to Tyrone at 4pm being the highlight.
Though Dublin are the even money favourites to retain their title, Cork (11/2), Mayo (6/1) and others will all hope to have a say come the third weekend in September.
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So, what we want to know today is, who do you think will win this year’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship?
Poll Results:
Dublin (1381)
Cork (535)
Mayo (532)
Other (415)
Kerry (235)
Tyrone (86)
Derry (59)
As usual, let us know why you’ve made your choice in the comments section below.
Any team that is able to empty their bench 15 minutes from the end of an All-Ireland, as Dublin did, and have the depth on the bench as well as the flexibility of the players to play more than one position comfortably is going to be tough to beat. I can’t see anyone catching the Dubs at the minute…
The consensus among a lot of commentators seems to be that Dublin need only turn up and it’s theirs! That may be true of Leinster but there’s no huge gap to the field in the later stages! Cork, Mayo and Dublin are very closely bunched and Kerry are surely due a good year! Not sure on the teams up North, don’t feel any of them can raise their game enough to go and win it!
Kerry have lost O Sé and Galvin ( to retirement) on top of the injury to Cooper. They are not all Ireland contenders this year. Dublin deserve to be favorites and can’t see them being stopped.
We didn’t change anything with the poll so if it was appearing green could you take a screengrab and send it to sport@thescore.ie? It definitely shouldn’t be appearing green.
Actually it’s still showing up as green when using my phone, on the PC it’s normal. I’ll send the screengrab now (not that the colour makes a difference!)
Sport throughout history is littered with teams who supposedly only have to turn up/bench is too strong etc..to win…i fancy the dubs to be beaten this year because of that. who will beat them.i could say kerry rebuilding were really only a kick of a ball,and 3men for 1 ball gifted the crucial score of the game to dublin.cork gave up 17 point lead that will not happen again.on there day if things go right for one of these teams football wise they can beat dublin.they said the way donegals system was its unbeatable but to keep the same hungar is very hard now not like the 80′s some teams only had to play 4 games.dublin are very good but fancy them to be caught
Mayo have beaten the reigning champions in croker for the past 4 years running… Hoping that trend continues and we see Mayo in another final. Until the curse is lifted however I cannot see them lifting Sam!
I really think that Dublin will steamroll Leinster and win the All Ireland. Notting to match there fitness and skill. Cork will win Munster, Mayo will win Connaught and Tyrone will win Ulster.
But to be honest I’d love it if Carlow won Sam. It’d be great to see players like Brendan Murphy and Mark Brennan get the rewards they deserve. But being realistic if we won 1 match it’d be a good campaign.
Mayo seem burnt out this year they need to freshen up the squad they have competed at top level for two years with little depth in the squad. We are missing that one goto man a cooper , connoly , kavanagh . O shea is good but inconsistant. If only ciaran mcdonald was ten years younger mayo would have won sam by now.
If you look back on last season the Dubs got scores at crucial times in games against Kildare Cork Kerry and Mayo. I think there are possibly 5 teams capable of winning it this year. Never write off Kerry even without Cooper. Cork tactically look a great side to cope with Dublin. Mayo on their day can steamroll anyone. And Ulster will produce a form team whether its Donegal or Derry (prob Donegal) to challenge.
Dubs are best team without a doubt….but they need to show great hunger and show no fear if they are to retain Sam. I see only two teams that can sop them . Mayo or Kerry. Mayo are fantastic for staying with the pace and never going away.
But if Dubs click as I hope they will , I see only one winner . Dublin to beat Mayo in Final by 8 points.
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Leitrim will
Any team that is able to empty their bench 15 minutes from the end of an All-Ireland, as Dublin did, and have the depth on the bench as well as the flexibility of the players to play more than one position comfortably is going to be tough to beat. I can’t see anyone catching the Dubs at the minute…
The consensus among a lot of commentators seems to be that Dublin need only turn up and it’s theirs! That may be true of Leinster but there’s no huge gap to the field in the later stages! Cork, Mayo and Dublin are very closely bunched and Kerry are surely due a good year! Not sure on the teams up North, don’t feel any of them can raise their game enough to go and win it!
Kerry have lost O Sé and Galvin ( to retirement) on top of the injury to Cooper. They are not all Ireland contenders this year. Dublin deserve to be favorites and can’t see them being stopped.
There are loads of other colours you could have gone with for your piechart instead of using various shades of green.
U colourblind?
It was all different shades of green earlier Eoin, they’ve since changed it.
Hi all,
We didn’t change anything with the poll so if it was appearing green could you take a screengrab and send it to sport@thescore.ie? It definitely shouldn’t be appearing green.
Actually it’s still showing up as green when using my phone, on the PC it’s normal. I’ll send the screengrab now (not that the colour makes a difference!)
Thanks Aideen, appreciate that!
Longford for sam
Cork hopefully but I’d love to see Mayo do it…
Dublin for Sam
Mayo for Sandwiches
The only team to beat the dubs is the dubs themselves!
Sport throughout history is littered with teams who supposedly only have to turn up/bench is too strong etc..to win…i fancy the dubs to be beaten this year because of that. who will beat them.i could say kerry rebuilding were really only a kick of a ball,and 3men for 1 ball gifted the crucial score of the game to dublin.cork gave up 17 point lead that will not happen again.on there day if things go right for one of these teams football wise they can beat dublin.they said the way donegals system was its unbeatable but to keep the same hungar is very hard now not like the 80′s some teams only had to play 4 games.dublin are very good but fancy them to be caught
Hurt that there’s no box for Donegal…
Mayo have beaten the reigning champions in croker for the past 4 years running… Hoping that trend continues and we see Mayo in another final. Until the curse is lifted however I cannot see them lifting Sam!
Its hard to look past Dublin, the strength and depth in that squad is unbelievable.
I really think that Dublin will steamroll Leinster and win the All Ireland. Notting to match there fitness and skill. Cork will win Munster, Mayo will win Connaught and Tyrone will win Ulster.
But to be honest I’d love it if Carlow won Sam. It’d be great to see players like Brendan Murphy and Mark Brennan get the rewards they deserve. But being realistic if we won 1 match it’d be a good campaign.
I bet Michael Noonan my mortgage, property tax and water rate limerick will, BELIEVE
Mayo seem burnt out this year they need to freshen up the squad they have competed at top level for two years with little depth in the squad. We are missing that one goto man a cooper , connoly , kavanagh . O shea is good but inconsistant. If only ciaran mcdonald was ten years younger mayo would have won sam by now.
Where’s the box for clare
If you look back on last season the Dubs got scores at crucial times in games against Kildare Cork Kerry and Mayo. I think there are possibly 5 teams capable of winning it this year. Never write off Kerry even without Cooper. Cork tactically look a great side to cope with Dublin. Mayo on their day can steamroll anyone. And Ulster will produce a form team whether its Donegal or Derry (prob Donegal) to challenge.
Not one person has predicted Monaghan and they’re arguably the form team in Ulster at the moment!
Laois
A Kildare man sees potential in cork but maybe a bit shy of all Ireland this year. Dublin in pole.
Dubs are best team without a doubt….but they need to show great hunger and show no fear if they are to retain Sam. I see only two teams that can sop them . Mayo or Kerry. Mayo are fantastic for staying with the pace and never going away.
But if Dubs click as I hope they will , I see only one winner . Dublin to beat Mayo in Final by 8 points.