WESTMEATH,

with home advantage, will beat Offaly in their replay but only if they play the brilliant, offensive game we saw in the League. If they revert to that appalling defensive system they used last week, Offaly can shade it. Waterford should have beaten Cork but it’s asking a lot for them to produce another big performance against troubled Derry. Laois are the biggest Championship disappointment to date but they’ll beat Wicklow by at least six points. Sligo face a banana skin against Antrim and Louth have a similar task against Longford. Roscommon can ease past Leitrim with eight or 10 points to spare.