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Can't beat Championship week. The boots are in pristine condition 

Needs to a review at all levels. The Seniors are in Division 4, the performance against Wicklow was shocking.
U20s were hammered. Managed by someone who also presents a podcast. Minors have poor for a few years now

You're spot on Rodney. The writing was on the wall for the seniors from very early on this year, there are a lot of things to resolve there alone. All in all, there haven't been many worse years when the underage and senior performances and results are looked at in totality. You could blame covid and only one game etc but that's papering over the cracks.

Didn't see any of the game tonight but that's worrying if we were miles behind physically given all the resources that have been put into this aspect of the game in recent years.
As for tomorrow, we're no hopers if there is any truth in some of the rumours going around. 
Tyrone are vulnerable though, a fair scattering of very average players throughout.
We should be forcing Morgan to go long every time. Their full back line is very suspect, don't think we have the tools to exploit that however.

Rest assured, had monaghan won ulster this year it would have been conor lavery and peter donnelly getting the kudos. They shouldn't be immune from the criticism that Monaghan will deservedly get.

So Kildare had to notify us to let us know?
That's a scenario that's inexcusable on several levels

I definitely have no Gaels agenda anyway.
Our views of what "club" is and means are poles apart. I've played at every age group up to adult and I can tell you that if I was walking away at 29 the amount of complaining that would be done would be outrageous! And I'm no superstar. I've played adult club for 20 years and have did the selling tickets gig, the underage coaching and the works. But I would never ever feel like I'm owed anything. I have some of the best days of my life with my club and that's without winning anything major. Maybe I'm the eegit though 

[Gearoid owes Swad nothing]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

With all due respect I don't think you would be in a position to definitively say what he owes Swad or not. Agree with you re. Cullivan and Watson

Some distance between Salthill and Dunmore in fairness in comparsion between Cavan/Butlersbridge and Swanlinrbar.

Swanlinbar to Cavan town 46.4km.
Salthill to Dunmore 50.7km

Did you not say that he's living in Butlersbridge?

Regardless, it's a joke by Cavan Gaels and the Cavan county board...even Swanlinbar to a certain extent.

It's not a joke it's within the rules of the GAA, what exactly is your problem with it?

You're getting very touchy about this subject!!

Re: Donie V - that went down well in Mayo.

As I say Butlersbridge is only half an hour away from the club he left.

What do the rest of the Cavan gaa folk on here think about it?

I'm not in favour of it, goes against the ethos of the GAA. However to stop a transfer there has to be an objection and either club involved or county board can object. Seems neither did. If there was an objection I believe it would've been upheld.

Not a fan of this either. The phrases being thrown about of 'wanting to play at a higher level etc' read very like the stories we've all read of mid table premiership players explain why they want to join a club playing in the champions league.

Reading on Orchard Forum that we did appeal Donaghy's red on a technicality and lost. Pretty embarrassing if true

Just read that somewhere else so it must be true. Such a load of shite and a prime example of the "appeal everything" culture. Delighted it failed.

Sorry, I would have thought that would have been a given. Bad form.

There is a bit if indifference to the county team that has grown in the last few years and stories like that feed into it. Ridiculous stuff in any setup.
Also, I fully agree with injured players not being part of things. Why would anyone want to travel distances midweek to stand on a sideline in December and January to watch training. It's a long enough year.

Cavan 5/2 for Sunday so the bookies aren't expecting much from us. Usually i'd be encouraged with a win against Kildare but they are missing a lot of players. Be very interesting to see what sort of team Mickey puts out. I'd fully expect Madden to start.

Who is best to put on Comer? Killian Clarke probably? Or stick Gunner on him for a while and see if sparks fly.

The only thing flying there would be cards. In gunner's direction. Mcveety probably the best match for Walsh alright but then you're taking away your greatest strength.

Don't think nevin will be there come championship time, he struggled to make an impact with leitrim and as somebody says, two cruciate injuries takes its toll. Who is in from lavey? Gearoid had an op during the week and is out for 3 or 4 months.

I'd imagine mcguinness will be approached and he would be a serious coup but I can't see it happening.
It will be a local man in all probability, one has already a potential backroom team in place and another is considering going for it or not. All to be finalised before the end of August anyway supposedly.

Of all the u21 teams, I can recall one year where we had genuinely top class footballers. By in large we had the best and most effective system in Ulster and were the best prepared team. We didn't have the best players however and ultimately that's why we're at the level we're at. Mattie isn't helping either.