All-Ireland qualifier draw comment:It was like Sunday night at the movies in Carrick-on-Shannon for the live qualifying draw yesterday evening. In the lounge above where the draw was taking place, they were all but munching popcorn as they awaited to see who Leitrim would face after their narrow Connacht championship exit. Hope we get Armagh, offered one man in pinstripes brightly.

May as well get them out of the way early. Armagh, of course, were the bogeymen of an intimidating qualifying draw. In the end, the short straw fell to Derry, who must not only beat Joe Kernan's men to advance in the championship, they must do so in The Marshes. It will not be an easy task. Never has a team's stock soared in defeat as Armagh's did in the wake of their narrow loss to Donegal.

Although they were hit by that late sucker punch from Brendan Devenney's long ball which sailed straight into the net, they showed that they have the stuff to mount another serious challenge. Back in March, when Armagh were well beaten by Derry in the rain, the situation was deemed serious enough for Joe Kernan to issue a public warning about the state of Armagh football. After yesterday's disappointment against Monaghan, Derry have their backs against the wall.

The qualifying draw, spun yesterday with the panache of a bingo master by Nickey Brennan, always throws up a few mischievous pairings.

After engineering a famous coup against his native Westmeath, the Longford boss Luke Dempsey finds himself back at square one. Longford have to do it all again except this time, they will travel to Athlone.

It was an encouraging draw for Mayo. Cavan looked fast and at times attractive in their first round drawn game against Down. But they ultimately lost that match and have since had trouble with player defections to America. John O'Mahony has had seven full weeks to sort out the stasis that afflicted Mayo against Galway. They must be fancied to get the show back on the road with what will be a home tie against Cavan.

After their fortnight in glamour land against the Dubs, Meath must knuckle down to the more prosaic business of heading off to Co Down and getting a win.

Another tough game to call will be Roscommon versus Kildare. After an encouraging league, Kildare exited the Leinster championship poorly and may be vulnerable against John Maughan's team.

Charlie Mulgrew's Fermanagh have been the unluckiest team of the season but at least they will have a home draw against the losers of Laois and Wexford.

The qualifying round will be played over the weekend of July 7th and 8th.