It turns out that the Super 8 will be slower than a big bang.
Whoever was waiting for fireworks on the first day of the new quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
In front of 53,501 paying payers, Tyrone has accumulated a huge total for the second match of the year. Roscommon fell to his second big defeat at Croke Park in as many league appearances.
Dublin has kept Donegal arm-length, dominant possession and most of the game, but has not shown the killer instinct that they have so often shown under Jim Gavin since 2013 and has ended up working a lot harder than they would have liked.
It was an interesting The evening played in beautiful conditions, but it did not capture the imagination.
Sunday's second game, Kerry-Galway and Monaghan-Kildare in Group 1, could light a fire, but they will do so in a vacuum. 19659007] We must stop doing this. We take the habit of doing it – to come here at the national stadium and make it to us quite easily – Kevin McStay
Most sports fans of the country will be listening to the finals of the World Cup between France and Croatia, a few others could take a look at the men's final of Wimbledon or even the last stage of the Tour de France.
Certainly, ticket sales are slow, so it may be the second round of games coming Saturday and Sunday before the wick finally fires.
We all know that this is a brand new start for the GAA – an abandonment of knockout football at the end of the championship. The finalists and the chance for the teams to rebound quickly from the defeat.
Next Saturday Donegal will travel to Roscommon with both teams needing a win after the loss of opening days. Dublin is coming out of Croke Park at this time of year for the first time since 2001, when they played Kerry at Thurles in the quarterfinals drawn and replayed, when they visit Tyrone at Omagh.