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Yeah that'd be the team. Well beaten by Dernacrieve in and Parnells. Dernacrieve and Parnells were two outstanding teams at that time though.. That was 2006.. Yes and they lost to Ramor Munterconnaht amalgamation in the U21 final. They still got to play in Ulster but were hammered by Crosmaglen..

Is Erne Gaels Belturbet and Drumlane? I wonder how the Belturbet lads feel about the amalgamation.. They have been quite vocal in the past about losing out on Minor and U21 finals to amalgamated teams..

That's a brilliant draw for the U-21s.. You'd be hopeful that they would beat Fermanagh and then get get revenge against Donegal (assuming they beat Antrim) who won't have Murphy to torment us this time. Get to the final and anything can happen on the day.. Then again the Seniors had this exact draw in 2009 and it did them no good..

Are Andrews & Hyland over the team this year or what's the story?

The U-21s are missing Givney and D. McKiernan and Bud Fitz, all of whom accounted for a lot of the scores Cavan got last year. Do they have the talent to replace them with up front to challenge in Ulster again?

At least nobody will have to face Michael Murphy at that grade again..

The party just finishing up at that time Swadman?!

Gearoid is a fine carrier of the ball, very very strong runner and can kick a score. Pity he didn't rattle the net himself in the final few minutes as opposed to passing it but good to see the unselfishness too. Mark Cunningham has a nice left peg too. If he had better manners he'd be a great player.

[if we keep him and Givney on the straight and narrow]

Who the hell picks the MOTM award though? Stevie Wonder

There is no doubting McKiernan's potential though, if we keep him and Givney on the straight and narrow I would be fairly confident we would have one of the top midfields in the country in a few years. I really think they can be that good.

Prior has been class for year's but with the players Swad have they really should be a good Intermediate side. Their spine is better than most teams.

I can't comment on Givney but McKiernan's temperament and attitude is still questionable.. All credit to him today though he took lots of abuse and didn't loose the cool. I thought the ref was poor, gave Munchies a lot of decisions. Also the linesman near the stand for the minor game must have been from Cavan Gaels! Called everything for the Gaels..

Swad eased through as predicted. I agree with boojangles Robbie Prior should have got MOTM. One of the Munchie waterboys sprayed water in his face at the sideline in the beginning of the second half. If it had been any other Swad player there would have been a riot. Robbie walked away and within minutes had kicked 2 outstanding scores. He's a fantastic player. Gearoid was very good though and has great potential. As does Chris Curran.

The Minor game was a terrible standard.. The Gaels played the extra man in the middle of the field for the second half and cleared up. Bouchier hit a goal and a few points at the beginning of the second half that showed his huge potential but he faded then and didn't make great use of possession in the second half. Numbers 4 and 10 were very good for the Gaels. 

I think Swad will take the final comfortably. Lost last year because they had their goalie sent off and conceded 4 goals. McKiernan the Cunninghams, Robbie Prior and Curran would get a place on a lot of Senior panels. If they don't lose their heads I think they should win by 4-5. Munchies earlier win means nothing, Swad had decided not to play football that day, corner forwards standing with their arms folded etc..

And the rest of West Cavan will be delighted to see them out of both Junior Championship and Leauge!!!

I wonder will Kingscourt be bothered to make a decent attempt in Ulster? Their sights would have been fixed on the County Title I wonder if they'll just think "Job done" now. The Gaels would have higher expectations and probably had one eye on Ulster already.

Are the Gaels really that petulant that they would refuse as a team to play for the County because of what they perceive to be a poor refereeing display!? And if they are you'd have to wonder, do we really want want people with that attitude representing us? Perhaps that's being unfair as we don't know if that is true yet..

2 points!? In a senior Championship game!? Maybe i put some sort of curse on them.. 

The players that have been there for the past few years are the standout performers for their clubs. But it's no good having Martin Reilly out there scoring 1-5 for Killigarry every weekend and then not being able to have any impact at county level. (Just an example no insult to the fella)

Perhaps there are guys out there who don't stand out as much with their clubs but could hold their own at county level also? Or maybe that's just wishful thinking.. But a shake up is badly needed that much is certain.

On another note anyone know why Paddy Gumley was not on the panel last year? He was doing well with the provisional squad in Carr's first year and was flying it, I know he had health issues but I assumed he would return once he was sorted...

If you did that for the starting 15 it becomes even more worrying..

Gearoid's temper really only seems to boil over at club level? It's something he really needs to get in check. I've been at a few games where he should have saw the line and perhaps the ref held back because he was on the county. I hear Mark Cunningham played a stormer. He's one of the few junior talents that could be given a chance at county level. Is Chris Curran playing with Swad these days?

Certainly looks like Swad should be on for the double if they keep this form up.

Might take a wander down to that myself.. Sparks could fly! What's the story around Swad? Surely eyeing up Shercock as main contenders now. Gearoid's return will have been a big boost..