Opportunity knocks for Rebels

BEFORE I go into any preview of this weekend’s action, I’d like to get one thing off my chest. Why don’t the GAA return to the system where you had quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final, with the two top teams in Division Two brought in at quarter-final stage?

I know you’d need an extra two weekends, and the league could start a week earlier to take care of half of that, but this business of just the top two teams qualifying straight off for the final can mean that interest in the league is over with a couple of rounds to go.

My other suggestion would be to play the Fitzgibbon Cup before Christmas, get that out of the way so counties would have a clear run when the new year starts.