Roscommon will give Kevin Walsh’s team a good idea of where they currently stand

Have you ever heard an umpire’s name mentioned? Not once. They're invisible

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has no choice but to go with youth but it's far from an ideal situation

In a normal year they’d be huge contenders but the new structure won’t suit them

When you’re injured, as Parsons is, you can offer nothing to the team in my experience

Hype around Mayo-Galway clash is misplaced given shift in priorities caused by reforms

Rivalry with Mayo is defining Dublin – they’re the best two teams of last 30 years

The champions have the subs to kick for home during the vital final quarter

Stephen Rochford’s men have improved and have never been in better shape than now

Tyrone masterclass raises question - do we take Dublin goalkeeper for granted?

Curbing Kerry's Kieran Donaghy remains a major problem for Mayo’s management

I feel there are a bunch of Kerry lads who are sore about their form against Galway

Barring the top three or four counties, there’s no prospect of glory in this game

At this stage of the season, Dublin and Kerry have a level of buy-in few can match

Shadow-boxing is over and Aidan O’Shea is leading his team-mates by example

Every team is trying to gain that elusive edge as the All-Ireland SFC really kicks into gear

Like Micko or Páidí – Kilkenny man’s devotion to the cause inspirational for players

The way Kerry, Dublin and Mayo move the ball is too much for lesser teams

Peadar Healy’s team in the perfect position to spring unlikely ambush on the Kingdom

Andy McEntee, Rory Gallagher and Derek McGrath looked on in horror last weekend

If Cork lose to Tipp for second year in row the consequences for Cork football will be massive

GAA needs more than fear and paranoia to stave off the very real threat of doping

When other sports change rules there is never any of this carry-on

Footballers all over cannot wait for championship to start and club headache to end

This game will be worth a month’s training for Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s team

I played with some brilliant players but Gooch was up there with any of them

‘People give out about the championship all the time but I must say I enjoyed it this year’

In other eras, you could always rely on the odd Dub to get carried away with himself

Dublin’s greater scoring power could tell in better conditions but wet would suit Mayo

Mayo will have their work cut out containing Dubs in All-Ireland football final replay

Stephen Cluxton and Cian O’Sullivan are the two players the underdogs must target

Players trying to win an All Star on All-Ireland final day leave a fair stink in the air

Kerry gave all they could but it wasn’t enough as Jim Gavin’s men rose to the challenge

Danger for players is they’ll be remembered as the Kerry team that couldn’t beat Dublin

The last four is a huge achievement for Tipp but Mayo are a proven, seasoned outfit

Tyrone and Seán Cavanagh know when you live by the sword you can also die by it

Now is the time to start rolling out small surprises for All-Ireland football quarter-finals

New normal is six minutes of stoppage time, which is enough for games to change utterly

Donegal are in decline but Mickey Harte’s Tyrone are absolutely galloping over the hill

Connacht final was boring because players were afraid to try anything outside the script

Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s men may not have found their groove but there’s still time

Defeat Fermanagh and they can rediscover real momentum along the qualifer route

Kevin Walsh was never going to let Mayo stroll to a sixth Connacht title in a row

Tipp weren’t waiting in the long grass – Cork just didn’t react the way top players should

Watching it on TG4 over the weekend revived memories of some great times

Loss of Jack McCaffrey and Rory O’Carroll may just be the jolt Dublin need

If you want to design a great intercounty football team, what would be first on the list?

At the season’s end, the teams who’ve done best will be those who’ve spent the most

Struggle that it was to get passed by congress, rule to encourage return of skill worth effort

Philly McMahon point was moment I knew Kerry’s goose was probably cooked

This will be a cagey affair but I expect Kerry to come through thanks to more scoring options

Mayo just didn’t have the composure to close out the semi-final replay against Dublin

Dublin-Mayo game illustrated that there’s no job worse than being GAA referee

If they get enough possession, Dublin’s forwards will score more than Mayo

As a Kerryman, last thing I want is team coming up to Croke Park with siege mentality

Joe Brolly was wrong about Donegal, but he could goad the Dalai Lama into an argument

What we saw on Sunday was two exceptional teams who will take all the stopping this year

If Dublin lose, one of the reasons will be the fact that they were not tested all year

‘Manager can get them to the gates, but sacking of a city goes to those first over the walls’

Cork and Kerry will be desperate to avoid the qualifiers with Dublin waiting to pounce

Alan O’Connor put in towering performance as he led side from the middle against Kerry

All-Irelands are won with talent, motivation and tactics – team spirit is overstated

Teams are putting huge energy into taking game away from opposition’s key player

The best player on the best club team in Ireland was given a lesson by Lee Keegan

Beating Galway would give Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly something to hang their hat on

Taking charge of an intercounty team takes conviction, planning and personality

Monaghan’s blanket is more evolved than Cavan’s and they did homework better too

I always thought that guys who were mouthing at me were wasting their energy

Kerry manager and his players fully deserve every plaudit that comes their way

Kingdom have more of a scoring threat and won’t give away goals like Dublin did

Darragh Ó Sé: This weekend is intense but it lays the foundation for the biggest game of their lives

Kerry and Donegal are teams built on trust and honesty, led by two men who insist on it

I’m siding with Kerry and Dublin to come through the weekend’s two semi-finals

Kingdom boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice will have left nothing to chance and his players are coming into form at the right time

His team’s never-say-die display against Limerick further evidence of the spirit instilled by their long-serving manager

Within squads, there’s huge enjoyment and huge competition going on side by side

We’ll know more about the destiny of Sam Maguire after this weekend

Jim McGuinness’s team aren’t just bodies behind the ball – they’re organised, clinical and totally in sync

Last week was Armagh’s chance to set the tone and bully a team with a load of young lads on it

When the euphoria abates, Eamonn Fitzmaurice would have liked a closer game

Goalkeepers used to be the worst footballer in the team but now they’re among the best

Kerry and Galway both have a bunch of footballers with potential but that’s all it is so far

The hoodoo factor is real – Kerry had it over Dublin, Tyrone had it over Kerry

I have sympathy for last year’s beaten finalists because there’s nothing worse than playing a team whose year is all about beating(...)

Seeding the football draw is tough on the players but hurling actually beats them before Cork or Kerry do

In the hardest provincial championship of all, you need a harder edge regardless of your size

More than ever, prominent GAA players find themselves the subject of constant scrutiny

You can’t put a year as good as this one all down to what happened in Croker

Mayo needed to realise that if there was bullying to be done, they had to be the bullies

With neither side a stranger to the occasion, Jim Gavin’s side have more scoring power

Don’t be surprised if the best players for Cork and Clare the next day are the ones making amends

Winning and losing of an epic contest came down to one vital late kick-out

Throughout our history the Dubs were never a team to be feared so why start now?

They’re a different prospect this year and could do a real number on Tyrone in Sunday’s semi-final showdown

There was a time when a Seán Cavanagh or a Maurice Fitzgerald could coast through the game but not any more

The four winning sides at the weekend were all propelled by towering performances by the men in centrefield

They threw the kitchen sink at Donegal and they will do the same against Tyrone

Jim McGuinness should have no trouble picking his team up for the qualifier against Laois

Even if the secret is kept, you run the risk of messing too much with your players’ heads

The sports might be different but the true greats all share the same qualities