Tyrone beat Kerry, Derry beat Dublin, Armagh are on the rise and Mayo sit top of the table, is this a signal that come the summer the Championship is going to be wide open?

On this week’s Throw-In podcast, Martin Breheny and Dick Clerkin join Will Slattery to discuss the likely state of play later in the year.  Apart from the top three or four big guns, who else will challenge?

Plus, what about the lack of goals we’ve been seeing so far?  It goes deeper and is an indictment of coaching says the panel while the problem of diving and simulation is another thorny issue up for discussion.

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