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I would keep your money in your pocket PIU...

TerryC, Chapman is the new manager, how did that happen, he was with our rivals last year. I was hoping we could have persuaded cassidy to take the reigns.

A lot of people were thinking the same, me included. Dont know much about Chapman but by all accounts there were good reports from the Dreadnoughts camp. And they were playing good football last year - takes no crap so maybe is just what we need.

Tommy you have little to be at. Maybe go and watch that boxette of Sex and the City you got for Christmas! 

Well I have heard nothing like that about either - whether Fordie stays on is another thing but going back to Shannon Gaels is way off the mark I reckon. He just had another kid and I would say his priorities will be at home as opposed to travelling for an hour to get to Blacklion for training. And Walsh will not be transferring. Have to laugh the way people always add 2 and 2 and get 5.

oh,ive also heard that forde had planned for yesterdays game to be his last for the gaels,and was planning to return to shannon gaels for a year or two to finnish out his career,but shannon gales wont take him back.also heard nic walsh is moving to a club in dublin now that he got that job in croke park.

Dont believe everything you hear Dougal.

Was at our U21 game Saturday. Jesus we made hard work of it. We should have been out of sight by half time but kept them in it by missing a lot of chances. I thought that if they had have left Givney in full foward they could have taken it, anytime he came to midfield we got out important scores. But jesus he is a joy to watch, great hands, great skill and a big man. I thought Leddy, Kev Meehan and Niall Gurhy were very good for us, all backs goes to show how our forwards did. We have to improve but think we will. Was some big men playing for Rahan/MNugent they must like their spuds out there!

Agree totally about Maloney-Derham PIU, he actually has some pair of hands and is deceptively strong. The man will run all day long and could easily do box to box. In fairness it looks strong panel on paper, but where have we heard that before? Would Bouchier make the step up to Under 21 grade or is he still minor next year?

Nice one we have moved on - was getting a bit tedious alright.

Never even knew there were trials on. Never agreed with trials though - players are not at their peak if they are out of Championship football for over a month.

I think its to do with Irish society to be honest. We dont like seeing someone doing well, have a quick snipe at them and wish for their fall. Can be seen in business, sport, politics whatever area of life. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

Its funny you should say that CC1 - every club would be the same if they had that sort of success. I remember lads telling me about 98, 99 when we lost to Mullahoran and Kingscourt respectively. The opposition players were saying something similar. Also, lads told me about 2000 as well when we bet Gowna in a league final. A certain high profile midfielder said that they were only worried about the Championship medals in their pockets. Point is, it happens everywhere. But doesnt make it right either.

About the dressing room after the game - I am not sure exactly what was said as only panel members were allowed in. I would imagine anything that was said was in the heat of the moment and can be taken with a pinch of salt.

What I heard being shouted on Sunday was horrible to hear, and this was from people from other clubs. Our players were called every name under the sun. I wouldnt mind if they were just cheering Kingscourt on but they were thrashing on our lads the whole game. One quote was "Thank f**k none of those tramps lined out for county this year" There were kids beside me and this is what they grow up hearing. It was pure hatred. But I would like to imagine its a minority as well. You are always going to get some idiots in any walk of life. Maybe its the success we have had, maybe its the towny team. I dont know.

Have been reading the thread over the last few days and wanted to get over the disappointment before saying anything.

Firstly, and what should be the main topic of conversation, well done to Kingscourt! Great display of heart and determination. I hope other clubs take that on board and see what can be achieved. Remember this was a division 2 team last year.

On the topic of Jimmy Galligan - Did he cost us the game? Absolutely not. We had chances, didnt take them. Jelly was our only forward who really performed as a scoring threat. We had nothing else unfortunately on the day.

Now was Jimmy Galligan biased in a lot of his decisions? Totally. A blind man could see that. The work our forwards had to do to get a free compared to the Kingscourt forwards was 10 fold in comparison. Every neutral I have spoken to, and indeed overheard, have said that the refereeing was a scandal. This includes people from outside the county who knew nothing about the ref or a lot of the players. So this is just not us Gaels people complaining. Even a few Mullahoran people said it!!! Bottom line, refereeing in Cavan is a joke for everyone which needs to be rectified.

Can I make one last point as well? Our club has shown no signs of sore losers. Unfortunately people on here have seen some Gaels members act unsportingly, but which club doesnt have these people? The majority of Gaels people/players after the match clapped Kingscourt when they lifted the trophy and got on well with them out in the Kilmore after. So there are some decent folk. I think you are being harsh on ThatsTheBall (who I dont know at all). By the way, Cathal got a plate in his arm this morning in surgery so is on the mend. Wish him speedy recovery.

So to end best of luck to Kingscourt in Ulster. I sincerely hope they do well. Oh, and we'll be back! 

I'm not 100% on a lot of our lads names but will give it a go. Darragh Sexton has been playing well at centre half all year. Our main strength is in attack, with Paul O'Connor and Cian Byrne in particular the stand outs. O'Connor in particular has a great attitude towards the game which is great to see. Young Andrew Graham is handful as well in the corner (brother of Mickey), also has another brother Paul playing midfield Great engine on him. I reckon midfield will be crucial battle tomorrow - our lads probably more footballers, rather than pure ball winners. Not great with all the other names but a few other lads in defence who caught my eye as well.

Anyway best of luck to the Joes lads here - lets hope its a great game!

Nothing gets by you Bojangles.. Hopefully both towny teams do the business this year! Who is manager of Kingscourt by the way?

["no doubt they'd win inter",is a massive exageration,in my]

"no doubt they'd win inter",is a massive exageration,in my opinion.i said they'd beat the majority of teams,and in div2,they've been in or around the top half,this year,and the two years before that?i think a decent inter team would be a more accurate description.

Aye I'd agree... They hold their own just about in the last couple of years

Dont really want to start a debate on this but our seconds have beaten two of the intermediate semi finalists this year and only for 2 goals in injury time would have beaten Knockbride as well so I think they more than hold their own at intermediate.

I'm sorry, I know you're not wanting to get into a debate about this but judging by your post. Shercock would have been well able to compete at intermediate and should have won the JFC this year... It doesn't always work out that way when it comes to championship football. Being a Shercock man, I should know all about it.

You're right - its well and good doing it in the league but championship is different. Sure Denn nearly got relegated from league but yet got to a champ final last year. Its irrelevant really because we didnt win the junior so I suppose the topic should have been, we could have won the junior or given it a good go!

As for Enda Reilly - yeh I had my doubts about him. On Sunday he was good from frees and that but from open play he didnt really offer a lot. Phillip Brady was the biggest threat in that regard.

Jimmy Galligan from Lacken referee for the senior final - well there wont be many soft frees anyway unlike whistle happy Raymond!

Is that decided?

Fair play to him,played the game and uses common sense when refereeing. Some Gaels supporters may not be happy but TBH I seen him referee Cavan Gaels in the Semi final last year and there couldn't have been many complaining that day.

I think it is - no problems with him from my side. At least he will let the game flow a bit.

["no doubt they'd win inter",is a massive exageration,in my]

"no doubt they'd win inter",is a massive exageration,in my opinion.i said they'd beat the majority of teams,and in div2,they've been in or around the top half,this year,and the two years before that?i think a decent inter team would be a more accurate description.

Aye I'd agree... They hold their own just about in the last couple of years

Dont really want to start a debate on this but our seconds have beaten two of the intermediate semi finalists this year and only for 2 goals in injury time would have beaten Knockbride as well so I think they more than hold their own at intermediate.

I'm sorry, I know you're not wanting to get into a debate about this but judging by your post. Shercock would have been well able to compete at intermediate and should have won the JFC this year... It doesn't always work out that way when it comes to championship football. Being a Shercock man, I should know all about it.

You're right - its well and good doing it in the league but championship is different. Sure Denn nearly got relegated from league but yet got to a champ final last year. Its irrelevant really because we didnt win the junior so I suppose the topic should have been, we could have won the junior or given it a good go!

As for Enda Reilly - yeh I had my doubts about him. On Sunday he was good from frees and that but from open play he didnt really offer a lot. Phillip Brady was the biggest threat in that regard.

Jimmy Galligan from Lacken referee for the senior final - well there wont be many soft frees anyway unlike whistle happy Raymond!