Official Cavan GAA Thread

[Westside]

Monaghan and Fermanagh drawing at the moment. What would the best result be here for Cavan?

[Itchy]

Monaghan and Fermanagh drawing at the moment. What would the best result be here for Cavan?

Monaghan 3 up, only few mins left. Not sure what best result is.

[Westside]

As it stands if Cavan win tomorrow we go top of the division no matter what the other results. Lose and we can potentially drop to 5th but likely 4th. 

[mylestheslasher]

Lads it is very windy and very cold in Sligo today. Bring your thermal undwerwear and woolly hats.

[mylestheslasher]

What a frustrating performance today. We really played poorly for long periods making crazy decisions and gifting Sligo possession, yet in the end we can say we were lucky to get the draw with a last minute goal from sub keating. Sligo were up for the game and played a swarm defence with a lot of intensity and frequently turned us over partly due to good defending and partly us making silly decisions. I honestly believe Sligo hit maybe 5/6 points from shocking Cavan play the worse being a quick Barry Reilly 5 straignt to the Sligo man standing in front of him. Our big guns didn't play well. Mackey started brightly but they got on top of him he ended up trying to do too much and making a mess of it. Givney caught ball in front of the Sligo posts but pretty much we got nothing out of it. Sligos 2nd goal was a terrible keeper mistake and Alan O Meara won't want to see it again - we'll say no more about it. Alan struggled with his kickouts in the 2nd half so when he went off injured Millers kicks were better. The other two subs (Barry Reilly & Keaing) that came on got us back into it. Barry Reilly did really well, setting up numerous chances and kicking some good frees. He then put in a brilliant ball for the equalising goal and big Eugene met it and slapped it home.

So in the end we came from 6 points down, got level, played very poorly and went 5 points down and yet we still fought back. I reckon it is a good point won and if we can turn over Fermanagh we are in with a great shot at going up. At least the young lads got a real taste of what a hard hitting swarm defence can do and they kept going till the end and got their reward.

[rodney trotter]

Wasn't at the game. Cavan would have taken the result after being down by 6 at one stage in the first half,. Still great to battle back and snatch a draw. It would be like a win, considering the game was almost up, a point and then the goal in the last minute.

Barry Reilly was supppose to be very impressive when he came on, spraying good ball and getting getting on the end of moves. A quality player, imagine he will be starting against Fermangh, Keating back aswell, so there is more options with the u21's missing.

The next 2 games are both home and then Wicklow away in the final game,  it's in Cavans own hands to make the push and get promotion now.

[mylestheslasher]

Wasn't at the game. Cavan would have taken the result after being down by 6 at one stage in the first half,. Still great to battle back and snatch a draw. It would be like a win, considering the game was almost up, a point and then the goal in the last minute.

Barry Reilly was supppose to be very impressive when he came on, spraying good ball and getting getting on the end of moves. A quality player, imagine he will be starting against Fermangh, Keating back aswell, so there is more options with the u21's missing.

The next 2 games are both home and then Wicklow away in the final game,  it's in Cavans own hands to make the push and get promotion now.

Barry Reilly made a big difference. Seemed to get on the ball which Martin Reilly struggled to do.

I though it was Fermanagh home then Wicklow away, finishing with Ros at home in final round.

I think with that run it, we would have taken having 5 points heading into the last 3 games.

[Westside]

Sleoppy game overall by Cavan today but showed good fight to come back from 6 points down and then 5 points down. Our full back line was poor, we made lots of silly errors. O'Mara made a serious mess of a ball in for the second goal. Don't know what was going on with the 45 towards the end. It reminded me of games in the previous few years where we would find ourselves behind due to bad defending, get back level with good work up front and then mess it up at the back again. At least we got the draw though it is a vital point. Barry Reilly instrumental in getting the result.

The draw puts Cavan in a good position.. Monaghan look to be nailed on to go up and it will be a fight out between the rest for second spot. Cavan have possibly the kindest set of fixtures left with Fermanagh at home, Wicklow away and then Roscommon at home for the final game. Relegation seems unlikely and if we are to get promoted we need to earn it and replicate the Monaghan/Meath performances in our last 3 games. The Fermanagh game will probably decide it.

Well done to the lads today, Cavan teams in the past wouldn't have got that point.

[bottom brick]

POS      TEAM                           PWLD       POINTS
1           MONAGHAN               4  3 1 0           6
2           FERMANAGH              4  2 1 1           5
3           CAVAN                         4  2 1 1           5
4           ANTRIM                       4  1 1 2           4
5           MEATH                        4  2 2 0           4
6           ROSCOMMON            4  1 2 1           3
7           SLIGO                          4  1 2 1           3
8           WICKLOW                   4  0 2 2           2

[PhilsJemmysField]

Shaping up for a big game vs Fermanagh so should be a bit of fun in Breffni. At least means there will be a bit of interest in the county. Barry O sounds like he is on the way back and Ward is a threat so will be a tough outing

[packiedevlin]

Yes it is Fermanagh at home, Wicklow away then Roscommon at home in the last game.

Seemingly, O Mara broke a bone in his hand yesterday so will be out for a while.

Very good come back yesterday to snatch a draw but we could still go either way, even if we do beat Fermanagh there's no guarantee of promotion and it would be foolish to think so. Wicklow will be very tough away especially with Hannon back and the Rossies will have the Bridgets players back for the last game .. there is a long way to go yet!

[Denn Forever]

Saw this on a thread on the main board.  Do Cavan do anything similar?

Hats off to the Antrim county board at the weekend, they ran a very professional referees health and fitness test at Rathmore school.

This provided the referees and the people looking after the referees a idea of their fitness levels and a basic health check which included a BMI, blood pressure, and cholesterol check (mine sitting at 5.1 )

They also did a beep test, which shocked everyone, the look on their faces  , must were fooked after the warm up lol!! Fair play and hope it continues and is being done in all counties

[rodney trotter]

Yes it is Fermanagh at home, Wicklow away then Roscommon at home in the last game.

Seemingly, O Mara broke a bone in his hand yesterday so will be out for a while.

Very good come back yesterday to snatch a draw but we could still go either way, even if we do beat Fermanagh there's no guarantee of promotion and it would be foolish to think so. Wicklow will be very tough away especially with Hannon back and the Rossies will have the Bridgets players back for the last game .. there is a long way to go yet!


They will no doubt be tough games, but having 2 out of 3 games at home is an advantage. Wicklow have improved from the poor start they had, drawing yesterday with Antrim and getting a last minute goal last week to get a draw with Roscommon.

I thought it was Seanie Furlong who was back, Hannon retired.

[packiedevlin]

I thought it was Seanie Furlong who was back, Hannon retired.

Apologies, I meant Furlong.

[PhilsJemmysField]

Cavan have been doing fitness tests and rule book test on refs for a few years now. With at least some controversy in ref circles with one lad being told he could not get championship games because he was failing part of the test.