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Cootehill -  Kingscourt and Drung - Drumgoon both called off due to the state of the respective pitches in Cootehill and Bunnoe

Why what did Sherlock do? Didn't catch him at anything?

Well lads, what do you think the team will be this saturday?  Will the big man in charge show any sort of tatical know how and come up with a game plan to stop dublin first of all and then maybe a plan for what we do with the ball when we have it??? I'm not too hopeful....  We have McKeever back and hopefully Flanagan (fitness test tomorrow) I hear but McCutcheon broke his arm on sunday playing for us against Cuchulainns in a challenge...

I have just came home from one of the Division One Minor league games and I have to say I don't think I have been this depressed about the state of Cavan football in a long time...  Trinity Gaels (St. Finbarr's and Cootehill) even though they couldn't field a team separately in last years minor and u-16 leagues and depsite then the combined team not winning a single game in the U-16 or Minor championships - this year's Trinity Gaels Minor Team find themselves in Division One of the league and have just been hammered 5 - 18 to 1 - 4 by Crosserlough

Now I'm not whinging about the result - the difference in class between the teams is unbelievable, although I was told by a member of the Crosserlough Management that they mightn't win another game this year - my complaint is with the grading system that puts a team, who can only field 16 players and didn't play in the league last year and couldn't win a game in the championship, into Division One?  This is a disgrace how can you ask young players not to go off and play soccer or rugby or to keep any kind of a interest in Gaelic football when they get beaten like that? Especially when they know it will only get worse too when playing Castlerahan, RedBridge and of course Cavan Gaels!!

Shame on the Minor County Board whose job it is to promote minor football in the county for allowing this to happen.... How can we complete at Inter county level when we don't have a competitive Minor club league....  Especially when the delegates were told that there was no 11 a side league this year and that it wasn't even up for discussion at the Minor Board AGM!!!  If it wasn't so serious, it would be laughable... Mr Chairman thinks he is running a dicatorship.... and where is he from??? My own club!!

What is the situation with other clubs?  Why are there so many amalgamations?

Hopefull the Seniors can cure my depression this evening...