Updated at 6.35am.
IT’S SHAPING UP to be an exciting Saturday evening in Croke Park, with a tasty double-header down for decision.
The first of the two Round 4B clashes will see battle lines renewed as beaten Ulster finalists Down face Monaghan [Throw-in 5pm, live on Sky Sports Arena].
The Farney were raging-hot favourites to seal their fourth provincial decider spot in five years last month, but Down upset the odds to win by two points and progress.
Malachy O’Rourke’s outfit will be gunning for another crack at the Mournemen, and have a statement to make after they survived a gutsy battle with Carlow two weeks ago.
Off the back of their Leinster final defeat to Dublin, Cian O’Neill’s Kildare will go head-to-head with Armagh for a place in the quarter-finals [Throw-in 7pm, live on Sky Sports Arena].
Kieran McGeeney is preparing to face his former side, with the Orchard county having dismissed Fermanagh, Westmeath and Tipperary through the back-door route to date.
We’re at the business end of proceedings now though, with two All-Ireland quarter-final spots rewarded to the victors.
So which two sides will progress from today’s games?
Let us know what you think.
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It was always a dream of his to make the top 500 in the world
Is he still Ireland’s most important player??
Speaking as an Everton fan, what exactly have Seamus Coleman or James McCarthy achieved, apart from an FA Cup medal between them?
???? In that case what have most of the entire Everton squad achieved? Not everyone can win medals but quite a few players can be essential to their team. I’d regard Coleman as one of those players at Everton.
They very fact Bradley wright Philips makes the list sums up its whole credibility…. Who thinks up this absolute rubbish!!!
The list isn’t the best players its the most important. Bradley Wright Phillips is probably the best player in the MLS so he is extremely important in the US
I’d say he’s over the moon!