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The race for the Frank Fox Cup reaches the quarter-final stage this weekend with four intriguing ties, three of which are repeats of group meetings from only 12 months ago.

The safety net is no longer available. After three rounds of group action, the Galway Senior Football Championship moves into knockout territory this weekend with four preliminary quarter-finals down for decision.

The final round of group games in the Galway Senior Football Championship arrives with plenty still to be decided across all four groups.

It’s incredible how fast the landscape in team sport can change. One minute, you’re unquestionably the best team around, delivering success after success and seemingly destined to remain at the summit for years to come. The next, you’re looking over your shoulder as hungry challengers begin to close the gap and eventually pass you out.

Is it too early to be talking about a possible football and hurling double? Almost certainly. But where’s the fun in being sensible?

Galway senior footballers will look to book their passage into the All-Ireland quarter-finals when they face Leinster champions Westmeath at Pearse Stadium this Sunday.

With the Galway senior footballers and hurlers both tasting defeat in their most recent championship outings, attention now turns to the defining stretch of the season — the period that will ultimately shape whether their campaigns are judged a success or a disappointment.

Though they were never going to say it publicly, once the championship draw was made, Padraic Joyce and Galway’s focus would have inevitably shifted towards a Connacht final on May 10.

Galway's senior footballers travel to Páirc Seán MacDiarmada to take on Leitrim in the Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final this Saturday.

With the Connacht championship now firmly on the horizon, attention inevitably turns to what Galway’s starting XV might look like. League football often raises as many questions as answers, and that certainly seems to be the case this year.