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They are obviously tampering with the Champion Milk brand I know every Monaghan person drinks!

Hopefully not!!!

Clarke is a top 5 forward in my opinion. I have to say though you wouldn't get to see his real class by watching games on the tele and to be fair I'd say a lot of posters here haven't seen a whole lot of him in the flesh. . At games the intelligence and frequency of his runs is incredible.

Very honest and precise report of the game Myles,  fair play. Always keep an eye on the board, the Cavan one is usually one of most informative and keenly debated boards on the entire site.

I see Warrie has joined and what a positive chap he looks set to be. Any Cavan supporter can see the improvements from last year and beat Meath and Monaghan, the two teams that came down from Division Two so something must be going right. We certainly could have more points but this is a young team and you just have to trust they are learning all the time. Cavan have been competitive in every game this year. Correct me if I am wrong but they have lost two league games, both by two points. That is a far cry from previous years.

I find it hard to believe a fella playing with his county doesn't get playing with his club. I'm sure other posters will have more information on that but no manager would invite a player in to their county panel if there wasn't a legitimate reason. And though a lad hasn't played for months, does not mean he isn't training.

You have called the two men behind your county's revitalisation at underage level a disgrace and said they are lacking in vision. I'd suggest looking in the mirror on those two fronts.

Of the three U21 teams that reached Ulster Finals and the Minor team as well, Walsh would have played a huge part in their development.

I think he was the first person in Cavan to come at S+C from a strategic point of view and he oversaw the introduction of programmes to the large majority of our current senior panel. Personally he may have been lacking at Football skills on the pitch but I think it is a bit presumptive to just assume that all he did in Cavan was try to get players to put on weight!

To be honest Tommy, I would say his own personal experience made him even more qualified for his job as I would imagine he learned from his own his own experience that you need the balance between S+C and football.

I don't think you get a job in the AFL without being well organiside and extremely good at whast you do - http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/giants-step-allowing-walsh-to-make-great-leap-forward-2921029.html

Saying all that, best of luck to Dermot in his new role. No doubt he will give his best for Cavan football. Extremely important that we keep producing competitive underage teams now. For the first time in a long time there is a bit of momentum and young lads have seen teams winning. Getting a conveyor belt going is one thing. Constantly adding to it is another!

Vanity project for Prenty by and large. Who's going to use it, bar the odd schools for matches?

I think that is a ridiculous statement. How can having a centre like this not be good for promotion of Gaelic Games.

You can invite underage teams in and play blitz competitions from clubs or schools or whatever on a one day event for starters. A few quality pitches around a quality clubhouse. What parents going along wouldnt be impressed with that and getting to see their good run around in such good facilities.

I would imaging development squads from the counties in Connacht will also be keen to use it.

If County teams are stuck for somewhere to train or play a game I would imaging they can use the facilities as well.

Seriously don't understand why anyone from Connacht wouldn't be delighted with the creation of such a fine facility.

I would be strongly against scrapping the u21 grade. I think drop-off rates would only increase if that grade was scrapped.

Would be open to changing minor to an u17 age group and trying to keep the emphasis from Minor all the way down on on skills and participation.

Heard of fantastic work he did with Ballymun at underage level over the years.

Nice handy commute for him too. Wish him the best of luck with it.

He tweeted that he hasn't decided anything and that he never talked to the paper that ran the story.

"I have not spoke to any press regarding my situation with Armagh and don't intend to until after the Ulster Club campaign with Cross." - https://twitter.com/Jamie_Clarke10

There has definitely been a shift in the mentality of underage players from Cavan in recent years.

Three u21 Ulster Finals, an All-Ireland u21 Final, an Ulster Minor Final and now Pats competing at the coalface as well.

Hopefully we can keep churning out competitive teams.

God forbid a senior inter-county manager got a job. Don't understand the sceptism at all.

Fair enough this is a unique development in that a professional sporting club has secured the services of a senior inter-county manager but really its no different to Pat Gilroy managing Dalkia in my opinion for example. These are very bright men who I have no doubt can handle having more than one responsibility in life. Players work too, go to college and raise families. A balance can be found.

It's not too often you see a picture of a GAA Player or Manager on the home page of a Champions League teams outfit.

Well done Jim and I wish you every success in your professional career. I hope you win feck all matches with Donegal next year though

Stevie McDonnell and Donal Og Cusack have been knocking out excellent columns for GAA.ie all summer

http://gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/2/1508120908-point-taken-steven-mcdonnell-on-football/

It is important to remember that Academic comes first and football comes second.

If you are good at football as you say you are some of the colleges will promise you the sun, the moon and the stars to get you in. Don't get caught up in that and make sure you find a course that is right for you.

If you don't make the course you want points wise some colleges will tell you to come in anyway through a lower points course and they will let you switch over after a year yet they don't always follow through on that promise. Be very, very careful.

In Dublin DCU, UCD and DIT are all very competitive when it comes to GAA and it is no coincidence that all three colleges put huge emphasise at Fresher and the recruiting of them. In terms of academics it really depends what you want to do. All places have areas of strengths and weaknesses.

The important thing is you find a course you want to do because whether you win a Sigerson or not, or win all your Fresher matches, at the end of the day it is your degree that is going to get you a job and put bread on the table.

Good luck!

I think it is time Richie was given the boot from this forum. Sick of logging in and seeing his foul-mouthed rants.

Cogito ... Using remember directing any of my posts as an answer to any of your posts. As I said to mylestheslasher gets the facts straight before you talk about who deserted what and why. As you well kno Seanie is in Cavan more often than he is not and is approachable. Now I'd say he would "let you in" on the ins and outs of kildares training methods. I know a lot of their work on the pitch this time of the year involves the use of a ball... You know "football" the round thing..our attitude in Cavan seems to be if we get 30 lads to commit , not drink, do what they are told, live like hermits then we will have success in a few years just because they were successful at underage. That's just bullshit old-fashioned way... Because it's impossible to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. And hyland will prove that fact over the next few years.

This is a discussion board. Everyone is entitled to join in a conversation. That is the point. Duh!

Im with you on that Packie. We should forget about the county teams woes for now. Lets let our clubs have their time.