National Football League finals: The four finals at Croke Park across the weekend are littered with old friends and foes
to guarantee promotion, but the truth is that from a long way out these two teams looked nailed on to occupy the top two spots. Dublin largely huffed and puffed their way to second – never quite producing their swashbuckling best but never quite having to, either.
There is nothing and everything at stake in Croke Park for this one. The Division Two title itself doesn’t really matter to either camp, but the outcome of the game could represent something significant. If Derry can beat Dublin twice in a matter of weeks, especially putting one over them at Croke Park, then Rory Gallagher’s men will have climbed another distance higher up that ladder.
Pádraic Joyce will remember it positively because of the quick and easy domination Galway established but negatively because of the injury to Robert Finnerty when being tackled mid-score by Enda Hession, who coincidentally now misses out himself. The problem with being indifferent to last week’s final match, by which stage they were already qualified for this weekend, is that another defeat would leave them heading into next week’s Connacht quarter-final against Roscommon on two straight losses. Accordingly, McStay makes 10 changes for Sunday.
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