Lee Keegan

Gaelic football analyst

'As ever, much will hinge on Armagh's mentality'

Rossies' Carlsberg weekend and Armagh date with destiny

Roscommon's cast of forwards came good last Saturday but it's a big ask for the four preliminary quarter-final winners this weekend

Football • 27 Jun 24

Lee Keegan is backing Mayo, Cork, Tyrone and Galway to advance to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals

Short-term gain for Mayo and Galway ahead of last eight

Lee Keegan says that while Mayo should account for an out-of-sorts Derry, the five-time All-Star feels the league champions will be a stern test if they can sort out a malfunctioning defensive structure.

Football • 20 Jun 24

'The four-point goal is worth trialling, although there's a possibility it could make teams even more conscious of minding the net'

Nowhere to Hyde as Dubs loom; FRC proposals welcome

The usual buzz that precedes a game against Dublin is fairly absent this week, partly because it isn't a knockout fixture but also because the expectation around this Mayo team isn't what it was a few years ago, writes Lee Keegan.

Football • 13 Jun 24

Derry and Cork travelling in different directions

Derry's shocking fall from grace hard to fathom

"I can never remember such a dramatic fall from grace in such a short space of time as we've seen from Derry this season," writes Lee Keegan

Football • 06 Jun 24

The Croke Park atmosphere wouldn't terrify anyone these days

No running scared from Croker non-events

The time has surely has come to call a halt to these dismal Croke Park spectacles

Football • 30 May 24

Armagh stuck in straitjacket, Derry ready to rock again

We're in that strange part of the season where the provincials are done and dusted, the trophies have been handed out - and hoisted with varying degrees of enthusiasm - and we're now dipping our toe into the lengthy round-robin phase of the competition.

Football • 16 May 24

Lee Keegan: 'You have to embrace that pressure. If I was an Armagh player this weekend, the buzz of going to Clones, playing such a Donegal team, there is no need to pay any heed to the outside noise'

McGuinness looms, but time for Armagh to deliver

While Dublin look set to reign supreme in Leinster, the Ulster decider could go all the way to the wire, with Lee Keegan tentatively tipping Armagh's greater need to win as the deciding factor when they take on Donegal.

Football • 09 May 24

Mayo-Galway 'one of the best rivalries in the sport'

Connacht success key for Mayo despite dodgy draw

The Connacht final winners on Sunday will have the dubious reward of a meeting with Derry first up in the group phase but provincial deciders between Galway and Mayo are special nonetheless.

Football • 02 May 24