Harte's praise for qualifier quartet
Mickey Harte has been impressed with the form shown by the four sides who have successfully navigated the qualifiers ahead of next weekend's All-Ireland football quarter-finals at Croke Park.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland, the Red Hand supremo said: 'At this stage of the competition, there is no easy draw. This is true when you consider the four teams that have come through the qualifiers - each of them brings their own degree of difficulty and Dublin are certainly a case in point.
You have to be impressed with what they have done so far. They only lost out on making the League final on scoring difference and they beat us comprehensively in Omagh. They are an evolving side who are introducing new players and their work ethic has been most impressive in their championship games to date.
'That, coupled with the presence of the existing players, makes them a formidable outfit. In saying that, we are looking forward to the challenge of playing them.'
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