Tír Eoghain vs An Cabhán Ulster Semi Replay 4pm 03/07/2016 @Clones

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Can't see much other than a repeat of the Division II Final, outcome-wise, alas

[AQMP]

Can't see much other than a repeat of the Division II Final, outcome-wise, alas

You're probably right

[From the Bunker]

I expect both teams will up their game from the Division two final! Tyrone will have too much for Cavan in terms of experience and tactics. Cavan are going in the right direction and should give Tyrone a game.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

I expect both teams will up their game from the Division two final! Tyrone will have too much for Cavan in terms of experience and tactics. Cavan are going in the right direction and should give Tyrone a game.

Fair points. Armagh's questions of Cavan were no more testing than Derry's were of us.

[rrhf]

Cavan were impressive and will give Tyrone their fill of it. They like Tyrone are among the top 4 or 5 teams in Ulster.so far the Ulster championship has been a battle between the haves and have nots. The haves now must  beat each other.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Can't really read too much into today's performance as Armagh were pretty awful.

Didn't think Cavan's full back line looked all too tight, Campbell gave Clarke a tough time of it who I rate very highly and if our forwards are on form then we can pose some big questions.

Cavan are a very big physical side now, the players who came back in this year have really added a physical edge and the youngers lads look much more developed. I expect it to be tighter than the league game, Clones will suit Cavan more but I'd still expect us to come through a fairly stern test.

[ONeill]

The last time Cavan bate Tyrone in the championship....you've guessed it....19th June. 1983.

Tyrone had a good team then. Skelton, McGarvey, McGinn, McKenna, McGuigan and Lynch. And a blonde haired Adonis from the Moy made his championship debut. Cavan still won though.

19th of June was also the date of the infamous Tyrone/Cavan draw in 2005.

[cavanmaniac]

Don't think Cavan are ready to really mix it with the likes of Tyrone just yet. At the very least, however, I'd hope for a pluckier showing than the league final where it looked like Tyrone coasted through and were able to hold Cavan off with one arm at times. That revealed a gulf in class that should be somewhat narrower at this stage in Cavan's evolution I think, so I hope in the semi we push Tyrone all the way, pose a few questions that won't be so easily answered as in Croker a few weeks ago, and knock them out of their comfort zone a little. As a Cavan supporter, you'd also be looking for some sort of evidence that tactically, they have a variation up their sleeve to facilitate all this instead of (Tyrone's excellence notwithstanding) reverting to the depressingly familiar and predictable Plan A of shuffling the ball crab-like up the field at half pace and attacking ponderously and laterally. Tyrone are a mighty tough nut but there's little sense in again trying what never works.

For Cavan to cause a shock, they need to have one of those days where literally every variable - 50-50 calls, weather, breaks, lucky bounces - goes their way coupled with Tyrone having a bad day at the office. I really can't see Cavan winning this game though - it'd need to be one of those once-in-a-generation seismic championship shocks - so I'd be happy to see them emerge with a moral victory and something positive to take into the qualifiers.

[lenny]

The last time Cavan bate Tyrone in the championship....you've guessed it....19th June. 1983.

Tyrone had a good team then. Skelton, McGarvey, McGinn, McKenna, McGuigan and Lynch. And a blonde haired Adonis from the Moy made his championship debut. Cavan still won though.

19th of June was also the date of the infamous Tyrone/Cavan draw in 2005.

I quite fancy cavan for this one. Tyrone have a good defensive structure but are still lightweight in attack. The 3 goals they got v Derry were all the result of pathetic defending and a complete lack of defensive structure on derrys part. This game will be a lot tighter than most Tyrone people think.

[T Fearon]

Could this tie be labelled Arseholes v Potholes?

Shane,thanks for the memories.That 1983 game was the day after my late brother's wedding in Navan,and my Dad and I detoured up to Breffni for the match.

[Redhand Santa]

Has clones been confirmed? Hard to see it being anywhere else. When was the last time Tyrone won a championship game there? There hasn't been too many since the 2010 ulster final.

[T Fearon]

Neither Tyrone or Cavan are nearly as good as the pundits make out,after wins against poor Derry and Armagh teams.Will be close if Cavan can dispel their inferiority complex,which they like Monaghan,seem to have as far as Tyrone are concerned.

[seafoid]

The last time Cavan bate Tyrone in the championship....you've guessed it....19th June. 1983.

Tyrone had a good team then. Skelton, McGarvey, McGinn, McKenna, McGuigan and Lynch. And a blonde haired Adonis from the Moy made his championship debut. Cavan still won though.

19th of June was also the date of the infamous Tyrone/Cavan draw in 2005.

I presume Cavan won all of its encounters with Tyrone until the 60s 

[Club Rossa]

Tyrone beat Cavan in the 1956 Ulster final which ended a spell of total Cavan dominance in the fixture.

[Itchy]

Tyrone beat Cavan in the 1956 Ulster final which ended a spell of total Cavan dominance in the fixture.

By spell you mean 60 odd years I take it.