GAA All-Ireland Football Championship 2012

Right so that's the provincial championships finished.

The GAA All-Ireland Football Quarter-Final draw will be broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport at 8.30pm after Saturday's Round 4 qualifier games.

Provincial Champions Cork, Donegal, Dublin and Mayo will be joined in the last eight by the winners of:

Meath v Laois
Down v Tipperary
Sligo v Kildare
Clare v Kerry

Predictions: Meath, Down, Kildare, Kerry. I'd prefer to see Laois go through with Dublin getting them and Kerry going out - obviously Kerry are to be avoided but would love to beat them again.

It's Leinster v Connacht and Munster v Ulster for the semi's so Dublin can't play Cork or Donegal until the final in theory. The draw will tell a lot though.

Could it be a repet of the 1992 all Ireland final between Donegal and Dublin. It is 20 years since that day and Donegal tend to win/create history in years ending in 2. I know I hope about will need a bit of luck not drawing Kerry on Saturday will help forvavstart

eire32 wrote: Will be fixed for dublin to get a easy game for the will draw the winner of down/tipp

ringerbell wrote: Trapped wrote: eire32 wrote: Will be fixed for dublin to get a easy game for the will draw the winner of down/tipp How do you figure that? ringerbell wrote: Could it be a repet of the 1992 all Ireland final between Donegal and Dublin. It is 20 years since that day and Donegal tend to win/create history in years ending in 2. I know I hope about will need a bit of luck not drawing Kerry on Saturday will help forvavstart Wouldn't mind that once yis don't turn it into last year's semi-final! Were 2 teams playing defensive that day trapped although I do admit we were the worse of the 2 which is a pity because if we played a bit believe we would of beat yous. But no worry of it being a repeat of last year just ask philliyk we can play attacking football 2:18 scored and 2:15 of it from play if I'm not mistaking with 11 different scorers

Doubt it, like who the feck ever goes to Mullingar unless yer a tinker, can see a very small crowd at it, as is very soon after a trek to clones to have make the trek to Mullingar and Tipp wont travel in numbers either, be a poor game too I reckon as a lot off the lads wont have the appetite for it - if they had the q/f draw on friday night it would at least give them some motivation if they were to get an easy q/f again Mayo or something 

PhilliyK wrote: get an easy q/f again Mayo or something

That's the talk

Trapped wrote: Meath v Laois Down v Tipperary Sligo v Kildare Clare v Kerry Predictions: Meath, Down, Kildare, Kerry.

I reckon Tipp are the best chance of an upset,

Roberto Baggio wrote: That Donegal side are a well oiled machine. Their fitness and pace is incredible, Brolly bangs on all the time of how many training sessions they have together a week, is it 10 or 12 or something? Incredible for amateur athletes.   Tipped Dublin at the start but think Donegal are their biggest threat.   Dublin another side that have been known to train twice a day over the past few years. Is that what the GAA has become now, get a team superbly conditioned and reap the rewards? There aren't many players in the Dublin or Donegal teams that you would pay to watch, no real genius footballers of the Canavan, Gooch or Greg Blaney ilk Ciaran McDonald

MayoMark wrote: PhilliyK wrote: get an easy q/f again Mayo or something  That's the talk