Joe Brolly thinks Dublin “are good to watch” but he hasn’t seen them play a Div.

And, if their supporters are honest, they have no clue as to how competitive they will be.

Their opponents will have played a NFL Div.

They will both be short of match practice compared to their opponents.

Assuming they win their provincial championship, the All-ireland Quarter-Final will be their first genuinely competitive game.

We simply will not know how good they are until they play a top tier team.

Neither will have encountered a NFL, Division 1 side on their way.

Dublin will probably emerge as provincial champions – also for the 5th year in a row !.

Mayo will probably emerge as provincial champions – for the 5th year in a row !.

1 sides are genuine All-Ireland contenders

Donegal and Monaghan will have played in very competitive Ulster Championship.

Cork and Kerry will have played a competitive Munster Final.

Have we learned anything about the top teams?.1 predictably beat Galway) and in the weaker of the two semi-finals, Sligo (from the third tier of the NFL) caused a minor upset by beating Roscommon (from NFL, Div. Meanwhile, in Connacht, the two best teams in their provincial championship met in one semi-final (Mayo from NFL, Div. And yet another “sell out” crowd expected.Yet another Cork v Kerry Munster Final – no surprises there either !.Last weekend, Cork and Kerry (deliberately kept apart in the Munster Championship draw) predictably eased past their opponents, Clare and Tipperary, respectively. Many of the games were predictably one-sided affairs, with predictable scorelines.

This weekend saw the semi-finals of the provincial championships in Gaelic Football played in front of mediocre attendances with one group of happy sponsors and another group of sponsors that were probably not as happy as they had hoped. The Current Value of the Provincial Football Championships

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