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The Red Hands suffered a defeat to Roscommon in their Division One opener and welcome Paddy Carr's men to Healy Park on Sunday

Writing in his weekly column for the Irish Mirror, Boyle believes that survival is the main goal for all eight teams in the top tier - even All-Ireland champions Kerry

It’s a widely held opinion that the League is the best structured competition in the GAA in terms of competitiveness and equality but for the eight teams in Division One it’s all about survival. Winning a Division One title has never been more irrelevant, which is a real shame.

The Farney their League campaign under new boss Vinny Corey with a crunch derby meeting with Kieran McGeeney's Orchard County

Several Ulster teams will have promotion ambitions, but it could be a tough Spring for one or two others with four new managers in the province

Four Ulster sides will compete in the top tier while Ulster champions Derry will hope to gain promotion to Division One this spring

David Clifford helped the Kingdom to All-Ireland glory while Derry ended a 24-year wait for an Ulster senior title

They will start 2023 as the team to beat and deserved favourites, and with David Clifford anything is possible, but they haven’t yet acquired the aura to really spook the other top teams.

A brilliant team is perhaps just past its peak - but that’s not to say that they will be toppled in 2023 even if that is the case. The levels that they reached in 2020 and particularly 2021 were always going to be difficult to sustain.

Ulster champions Derry set to face rivals Tyrone in Group B while last year’s finalists Monaghan and Donegal join Down in Group A

After completing 16 seasons for the Saffrons, the prospect of Division One and Leinster Championship hurling in 2023 made the decision much easier for the Cushendall ace.