Over the course of the Allianz Football League so far, Galway have fielded the largest variety of players, writes Paul Keane.

Having blown promising positions against Mayo, Galway and then Dublin, Donegal made some amends yesterday in Ballyshannon to blow Monaghan away with a degree of comfort.

A combination of their first three Allianz League performances was what Monaghan manager Seamus McEnaney wanted against Mayo yesterday in Clones. He got that and more.

A strong second-half display from Monaghan saw them finish pulling up against a 13-man Mayo in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones, this afternoon.

After seeing off Down with ease last Sunday week, Ronan McCarthy has named five alterations to the Cork team to face Tipperary in Thurles on Saturday.

The Jim Gavin and Malachy O'Rourke eras, both successful seven-season long periods, ran virtually concurrently between 2013 and 2019; Gavin managing Dublin for 2,616 days and O'Rourke Monaghan for 2,476.

Any Dublin supporters wondering if their five-in-a-row All-Ireland winning heroes would dig deep for new manager Dessie Farrell got their answer as the hosts rescued a remarkable Allianz football league draw at Croke Park.

The difference between the haves and the have nots has been occupying Seamus McEnaney’s thoughts ahead of the biggest test in the game.

John Fogarty and Eoghan Cormican preview the weekend's GAA fixtures.

This wasn’t the first time that Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney managed a Monaghan win over Tyrone, but what’s rare is precious as he allowed a small smile play on his lips after this most commanding of wins. “It’s my second,” he told reporters.

Galway captain Shane Walsh says the Tribesmen are revelling in their new attacking game-plan under Padraic Joyce.

McKenna Cup specialists Tyrone lifted their eighth title in nine seasons with an uninspiring win over Monaghan at the Athletic Grounds.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

It took a mere 11 minutes of the 2020 inter-county season to throw up the first controversial incident of the new playing rules.

Rory Beggan says Seamus McEnaney is a “positive presence” in the Monaghan dressing-room and is excited about playing under him for the first time.

On the wall of a diner on Derrylin’s main street, hangs a picture of two men, tracksuited and beaming.

A year after stepping away as Mayo selector, Tony McEntee is in the frame for a return to inter-county management with Monaghan.

Kerry team announcements are nothing to set your clock by right now, but for the record, Peter Keane has named David Moran in the 15 to face Meath in Navan on Saturday.

Mickey Burke, Meath’s longest serving player, has admitted securing a belated return to Division 1 of the Allianz League was his big target for the year.

Wicklow manager John Evans is holding out hope he may be asked to be part of a Kerry senior management team in the future.

Monaghan and Carlow have booked their places in round three of the All-Ireland Football Qualifiers.

Everyone might be resigned to the inevitable but no-one will volunteer or be asked to resign, writes Kieran Shannon.

Carlow midfielder Brendan Murphy is excited about facing the ‘greatest team he has ever seen’ after Sunday’s win over Wexford qualified them for the Leinstern SFC quarter-final with All-Ireland champions Dublin in a fortnight.

Given the choice of which direction to point the car this eekend for a Championship fix, it was a straightforward answer for me. Carlow v Wexford, writes John Divilly.

On the face of it, Davy Fitzgerald and Seamus McEnaney couldn’t be more different. Football matters as little to Fitzgerald as hurling would to McEnaney. Wexford managers have been known to verbally spar in the past, but last Tuesday evening this pair took tea in the county’s centre of excellence in Ferns and found they have plenty in common

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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The number of black cards issued during this year’s All-Ireland senior football championship and national league reached 163, an increase of 12% on the 2014 figure.

Former Monaghan and Meath manager Seamus McEnaney has called for the introduction of a countdown clock in football when teams are awarded a scorable free.

Sunday’s All-Ireland football final was indicative of the summer’s championship; promised much, delivered little. Joe Kernan, Colman Corrigan, John O’Leary and Seamus McEnaney reflect on a disappointing year for football and suggest what corrective surgery must be embarked on ahead of 2016...

Nine years Conor McManus has spent in the Monaghan shirt, on but one occasion was he overlooked.

Darren Hughes doesn’t need the platitudes of the Australian players at next week’s pre-test team dinner to appreciate just how unique inter-county Gaelic players are.

LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Conor McManus has almost resigned himself to missing out on Sunday’s Ulster quarter-final with Tyrone.

IF you want an insight into how Monaghan beat Donegal we could sum it up in two words: Siya Bafuna.