We rate Gaelic Football's top 10 teams after the opening two rounds of the Allianz Football League
New rules, old rivalries, retirements, revivals, an All Star in exile and a manager under pressure. Who says the League doesn’t matter? It does to Mayo.
Already we can see the benefits of players operating in more space around the scoring zone - the two Geaneys getting 4-4 between them on Sunday - and with David Clifford still to come back, Kerry are in line to prosper. On seven occasions on Sunday, they fired over two-pointers. That changed the game, Shane Walsh excelling, backed up by an impressive support cast: Sean Kelly, Paul Conroy, Cillian O Curraoin.
For Dubs, the League is never a priority. Dessie Farrell will experiment because he has to rather than because he wants to.5: ARMAGHRather their status is similar to Down’s in 1991 or Donegal’s in 1992, having come from nowhere to become improbable champions.
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