Darragh Ó Sé: Donegal are right - there’s no way they should have to play on a six-day turnaround
The squeezed season means that player welfare is way down the list behind bums on seats and keeping TV stations happy
Darragh Ó Sé: There’s an air of finality around Kerry after losing to Meath
The problem isn’t the injuries, it’s that so many of the next wave of players are untested at the highest level of football
Darragh Ó Sé: Galway, Dublin and Derry have only themselves to blame for their troubles
All three sides have lacked leaders at times and come Saturday night the summer will be over for one of them
Darragh Ó Sé: Good decision-makers are gold dust – Armagh had Rory Grugan, Dublin missed Con O’Callaghan
There was little between last two All-Ireland champions on Sunday, but Kieran McGeeney had a trump card
Darragh Ó Sé: Rian O’Neill being back for Armagh is good news for everyone, especially Rian O’Neill
I doubt anyone in Kieran McGeeney’s dressing room has an issue with O’Neill’s return – if they do, they better get over it
Darragh Ó Sé: Galway won’t be down after Dubs defeat - now is the time to get battle-hardened
Kerry aren’t getting anything like the tests that the other contenders have faced so far and it could catch them in the end
Darragh Ó Sé: Fatigue could separate football’s contenders from pretenders - and that’s bad news for Kerry and Donegal
Ulster final showed that exhaustion is a huge factor under new rules
Darragh Ó Sé: Donegal and Armagh won’t come up short like Mayo did in their use of the new rules
The two-point arc has been a game changer, with the best teams making hay while others struggle
Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin aren’t dead in the water - a return to Croke Park will make them a huge threat
The new game is all about getting comfortable in chaos and if Dessie Farrell can get everyone fit, the Dubs will have a big say
Darragh Ó Sé: Cork should have beaten Kerry - what they do next is crucial
The weekend’s action showed the merit of the new rules - let’s work with them
Darragh Ó Sé: Cork aren’t good enough to challenge Kerry and they don’t even seem angry about it
I loved how Shane Lowry got annoyed at being asked about Rory McIlroy – that’s exactly how Cork should be thinking about Kerry
Darragh Ó Sé: Páidí told me that however much of a cowboy he was, Micko was 10 times worse
Micko was a unique character who knew how to be public property without giving too much of himself away
Darragh Ó Sé: Jim Gavin did a great sales pitch but referees set to be under pressure to make new rules work
What the FRC needed was for teams to misbehave — the rules will be properly tested only when used in competitive games
Darragh Ó Sé on the Galway football team: The 15 men bidding for All-Ireland glory
Galway named an unchanged side for the final against Armagh
Darragh Ó Sé: Galway will not win by much, but they will get over the line against Armagh
The experience of losing a final in 2022 means Pádraic Joyce’s team know all about the regrets of leaving an All-Ireland behind