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dont all these smug ones seem to be fellas that either didnt play after u12 level or come from a rubbish club

I mean, nobber - that renowned successful club side...


If only it were so Lynchbhoy, the fella in question wouldn't kick doors on a halloween night, no more than myself, unfortunately he is from a clan with some serious form, as in All Ireland medals in the pocket. with that legendary modesty, not afraid to let you know about it either.

We don't win very much but our presence here shows the massive interest we have in the games and would put other counties to shame!


Welcome on board Homer. Maniacs comment is indeed as true as it gets. Reminds me of a particularly smug p***k I work with from one of our un-named neighbouring counties, lets just say you have to travel through there on the way to Dublin. The jist of what he delivered in a best flat Nobber style was............"bejasus if All Irelands were won on canteen talk, shop floor talk and pub talk they'd be presenting it to ye every year". Presume he has now added internet chatter. Hate to admit it, maybe the @#@@#er had a point.

Here's to success in 07

In fairness bottom brick I think the priests have enough turning in their graves to do at the way the GAH has gone in pat's (well at senior level anyway) without getting worked up about the garrison games march

Fairly familiar names from everyone with their teams for next year. As I see it basically the team from two years ago that got to last 12 plus Sean Brady/Pierson in for a lough of Reilly's. All we need is a bit of luck with injuries, inter player relations, general committment and who knows where it could lead................

One name that has been quickly forgotten is Mulvey from the Bridge, which is interesting given our lack of options at midfield. As I recall he was starting to show a bit of promise during the league last year. Got himself injured and then, in a cameo of the fortunes of Cavan football was brought on in his injured state against Armagh in Under 21 Championship towards the end, but with enough time to get sent off for kickin some bloke up the hole and copped a 12 week suspension. Pity. Remember he looked a bit out of it two years ago but did seem to be making a fist of things last year before "events" intervened. Any opinions.

Some Laois bloke posted a very good item on hogan stand today. Bad news is that we were up against a Laois development squad, so he reckoned. He spoke very positively of a long haired bloke in our half back line who made a big impression and looked seriously fit. Any chance it was Wakely from Kingscourt? My source up there told me he was talked into the senior panel this year and is in serious shape. Same source also told me that Gaynor played some savage ball at FF for Ballinagh, reckons it's a position that might be more suited to the lads temprament. Pity it leaves a bit of a gap at half back though.

Final point, our Laois man pointed out that Dermot was getting rather upset with his fellow players. Good man yourself, nothing like a November challenge to generate a bit of bonding, togetherness and team spirit.

ac39 - I'd imagine Dermo will still be giving lip to all comers, not just McKenna. Dermo's an equal opportunities harrassment officer, he leaves nobody out generally. I expect McKenna is ready for it and is thick-skinned enough at this stage.

Nice one. Didn't I hear on this board some time ago that Dermo reserved special affection for Pierce, who in turn became reciprocal as he felt a bit more established and got a kind of pissed off with the stick. Early days at this stage, the first test for the new team management will come when it gets around to naming a panel for the league.

Few people noting that Cavan had a "bigger" team out than Laois. Think back to last years fixture against Down and a few of our stalwarts were looking a lot bigger than I had seen them in some time, not in the positive sporting sense of the word unfortunately. Mind you, if there are a few big men who can play a bit of footy brought into the panel, would be most welcome.

You say tom-ay-toes, I say tomatoes. I knew you'd bite though...


Bejasus Maniac never thought you'd take that one hook, line and sinker-reminds me of that shagging brother in law of mine who arrived down from Dublin many years ago and used to leave the night line out in the Borora river-feck off for a few hours and guess what you have on the end next morning. I think at this stage we should probably communicate directly and stop giving the rest of this thread a pain in the hole. In fairness we both want the same our optimism levels are all that differ. I could go on but you're tired hearing it. On a serious note for a moment, what do you think of McKenna's return to the panel, given that the bould Dermot is still around. Now if Donal can manage that one I take the hat off.

Also, welcome to our new poster-as I said earlier I reckon Flanagan and Sean Brady have to be ready now, on the basis of college performances if nothing else. Might it be expecting a bit much of Lyng to be back in action next year given what the poor hoor has been through? Hope not but..............

Maniac, you're out of your time zone man. Yes, it can be a tough job constantly pointing out the elephant in the drawing room to the short sigthed, but sure somebody has to do it.

You know Maniac you're dead right, i've just reviewed the situation and don't know why I get this sense of utter fatalistic pessimism that I like to think of as realism in my misguided way. So I've just reviewed the situation and decided that on the basis of our current ranking at number 26 in senior football, our shedload of underage titles over the past several years, the outstanding performances of our clubs in Ulster and our dynamic, far seeing County board that, shag it, anything less than an Ulster Clean sweep at Minor, Under 21 and Senior level next year will be abject failure. And take it from me, the 2007 minors will be the best we've EVER produced, bar none.

Seriously, can we get promotion from Division 2 and win two games in Ulster-with injury luck, application to detail at training and in games-maybe. i would be delighted to achieve those ends after last year. I would be even happier if we won a few games at minor and under 21 level, without the foundations the house is shagged.

The more I read about this lad Crowe the more of a mysterious legend he becomes. One of our fellow posters once insinuated on another thread that he once sorted out a few opposing supporters at a club match for abusing him after a sending off. pretty impressive.

Greetings from your resident realist/cum pessimist. Well nothing like a few months of inaction to get our optimism up and running again. Promotion prospects are being discussed and the prosprect of beating Down in Prelim round of championship. Hope to f**k we are right. Just by way of reminder-last year in the league we beat Wicklow and Antrim by a pt(Tipp as well??), lost to Sligo and, ahem, Waterfordl, well beaten by Louth as well. We'll need to do a fair bit of improving to be in the promotion race this time around.

Best wishes to Peter Reilly and good to see McKenna back. We seemed to be all agreed a few months ago that the boys of 97 (with exception of Forde) had had their day, looks like a few are still hanging around...............Interesting to see how Mckenna and McCabe get on, I've made my views known before on this and will leave it at that. Hope to god there are one or two breakthroughs from fellas on the fringes.

In my opinion, young Flanagan has to be ready now-Sigerson Cup medal from last year. Ditto Sean Brady who is holding down a fair spot with a good UCD team. Hope to jasus Keogan is now laying siege to Trevor Crowe's door.

Away trips to waterford,Antrim and Tipperary... f**k...
indeed Wexford and Meath will be our two biggest challengers for promotion id say.
Meath game under floodlights at home would have a great atmosphere as you said Blue06....
knowing our luck though we will get Meath in Navan again though


Hope your optimism is justified Ballyhaise Man. Antrim, Tipperary, Wexford, Meath and Wicla for starters won't be too worried about us. As for Waterford, I for one will be keeping the head well down in advance of that one. Hopefully you can rely on me for a report or two from some of the more remote southern outposts.

Aye – a couple of unproductive years can be worrying alright. You start thinking about what could happen. You remember the once in a generation that you see clapped-out Massey Fergusons decked out in blue-and-white flags chugging down the N3 and catcalling their way through Kells and environs. It arouses some faint race memory in us, seems to stimulate a long-suppressed stone-throwing reflex and gets young lads pegging rocks without really knowing why they're doing it. They go home and ask their fathers, "Da, what's a Cavan?". "I dunno, son – ask yer grandfather".


Hardy on second thoughts I am disappointed that such a class act as yourself should have to resort to dredging up the oldest and most clapped out of stereotypes. In fairness though a good move getting your retaliation in first regarding the Kells/Knackeragua factor. I thought at the time that a thirty year break from living in the constant shadow of (former) greatness would have helped such chaps get over it, but appears it was not to be.

In any event, GAA has changed utterly in the meantime and the only contact we tend to have these days is when 33 or so Loyal Rials skulk their way home through the lakes county having preserved their 100% record of glorious clones defeats in the qualifiers against Fermanagh or some such power. Arrah f**k it lets go the full hog with stereotypes while you are at it-33 or so loyal rials with bull necks who stomped out a half time a la croke park early 80's on the way home to milk the bulls and bull the heifers.

On that sensible note I'm off for a few real time large bottles. Have a good week mate

Ah jaysus Hardy I could begin to get pissed off with you if you weren't so wonderful and charming in a gruff, Royal county sort of way. one all ireland a decade-for gods sake that's a golden, silver, bronze and platinum age all in one for us has beens.

We'll have to take your word for that

But sure indeed isn't that my point Hardy, and you can indeed take my word on it. The key point is though, me auld stock, that you need all the enemies you can muster at the minute, because the way it's going you're running out of them rather fast. Another year or two of insipid under achievement and you could find yourself inducted into the BMW society of counties that GAA heads barely recognise, or worse still, bear a grudge against. Well I suppose you can always rely on Mayo in the hour of desperate need.

arrrah sure Hardy haven't I the words of that former Carnaross corner back Oscar Wilde in mind.....the one thing worse than being spoken ill of is not being spoken about at all. And based on the last 30 years of personal experience of some of us I reckon the bould oscar was more than a handy, ahem, man marker

Ah sure jesus Hardy how could I have even thought you would desert your post for any length of time.

Your Israel comparison was spot on the money re. the mid-90's Meath. Unfortunately it is now rather dated. Since I have already assigned the former Soviet Union I had to rack the brains for a minute or two to come up with something more up to date

British Empire=Meath (kind of appropriate to the Royal County now that I think of it). The victories, the glorious conquests, the rape, pillage and terrorism, the development of amnesia by the perpetrators. The setting of the sun, the distant memories, the fact that, looked at from the outside, apart from a few zealots and dudes with lots of time on their hands, nobody else gives a shite anymore.