One thing I meant to say last night but then forgot to is that time is rapidly running out for those of you who want to join in the fun and games of the 2011 championship mini-league but haven’t already done so.  The first round for mini-league purposes (the New York v Roscommon tie wasn’t included) is tomorrow and it’s a gentle enough intro as it only comprises the Ulster preliminary round meeting of Donegal and Antrim.

So if you want to join the 37 hopefuls who are already pushing and shoving each other around on the starting line, you need to do the following: log in at facetheball.com, join the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship competition, click to enter this and then click on the “Join Mini League” option on the panel on the left-hand side of the screen. This will prompt you to enter the mini-league’s ID code which is OIo2N267JRMr. Click “Join” and that’s you sorted. If you want to take part, you need to do all this, and complete your Week 1 prediction, before 3.30 pm tomorrow.

Ah, go on, go on, go on, go on …