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Well done Phil Jemmys lads !!! Looks like I will have to invest in a new set of shock absorbers for me jam jar after all.

Any chance they can get Cillian back for the last game in Div 2 and hopefully avoid the drop to Div 3. I don't want to be getting my bicycle out for that trip next year !!!

Well you have Bailieboro, Shercock or Killinkere to choose from... Take your pick from those three! Going to be a long trip whatever way you look at it!

Its a better road to Killinkere!!!

Christopher Curran, (17),from Swad signed for Man U last year and has played for their reserves (and scored)

Tommy Carr told the Anglo-Celt newspaper.
"Any fella who is keen on making a county panel needs to play in those games."
The games struggled to get off the ground last year due to the overrunning of club fixtures, but it is understood that the County Board have pledged their full backing this year.
Co-ordinator and Cavan junior manager, Terry Hyland has insisted that once again this year every club in the county will be represented in the regional games and has urged all clubs to get their players out.

Regional Games, Monday, October 27 at 2.00pm:
West Cavan Gaels v Sheelin Gaels at First Ulsters Park, Ballyconnell. Ref: Chris McCaffrey.
Sillian Gaels v East Cavan at O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt. Ref: Ollie Donohoe.

Lakeside Manor Hotel A.C.F.L. Division 3
Team         P   W   L   D   Pts
Kill           12   9   2   1   19
Crosserlough 12   9   2   1   19
Templeport    12   7   4   1   15
Laragh Utd    12   7   4   1   15
Kildallan      12     6   4   2   14
Swanlinbar    12   6   4   2   14
Butlersbridge  12   5   4   3   13
Corlough        12   5   4   3   13
Munterconnacht 12   3   5   4   10
Shannon Gaels 12   4   7   1   9
Arva              12     4   7   1   9
Mountnugent    12   3   7   2   8
Cornafean   12   2   7   3   7
Maghera     12    0    9    3    3
 

Team   P   W   L   D   Pts
Cuchullains    12   8   1   3   19
Cavan Gaels    11   8   2   1   17
Lacken    11   7   3   1   15
Killygarry    11   6   4   1   13
Lavey    12   5   5   2   12
Mullahoran    11   5   5   1   11
Denn    11   4   4   3   11
Crosserlough    12   5   6   1   11
Ballinagh    12   4   6   2   10
Castlerahan    11   5   6   0   10
Gowna    11   4   6   1   9
Belturbet    11   3   6   2   8
Ballyhaise    11   3   7   1   7
Drumalee    11   2   8   1   5

Difference between the Cavan Senior Panel and the Champions League Soccer Competition
Bailieborough Shamrocks have somebody involved in the Champions League.

Any chance they can get Cillian back for the last game in Div 2 and hopefully avoid the drop to Div 3. I don't want to be getting my bicycle out for that trip next year !!!
Team      Pts
Redhills       20
Drumgoon       20
Ramor United     20
Knockbride    14
Drumlane         12
Killeshandra    12   
Drung            11
Kingscourt       11
Cootehill       10
Cavan Gaels    10 (2 games left)
Shercock       8
Bailieboro       8
Killinkere       7 (2 games left)
Ballymachugh 3
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All the rest have 1 game left

Obscure list indeed. Swad hockeyed Mulahoran in the Junior Championship in  '98 (they were going for the double, having secured the Senior) Damien Prior was asked into the county setup and played 10 mins at the end of some qualifier game. Swad played 4 or 5 league games without him that year because, after all, he WAS on the County Panel.

Bo - Lets see what happens now after Killinkere were reprieved. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, can delay the first game which is fixed for Sat 25th. Dont know yet who gets to sit out the 1st one. Let me know how your minors do on Sat in the championship Semi final. I saw them v our lot and they have some good prospects, some lad called "cookie" or "cokey" looked to be one for the future for ye. I think he was the Captain.

Quote from: boojangles on October 08,  7 or 8 of our Senior team are now playing competitive soccer,which cant be a good thing for the GAA

maybe not in the long term but at least they are keeping fit. I presume they would be available for ye whenever this fiasco gets resolved. Our guys are in "Winter hibernation mode" mentally anyway. Where do they play soccer and what is the soccer season in Cavan now? It used to be a winter sport which I always thought was strange. Why play a game, which is best played "on the deck", in a time when the ground conditions are at their worst. Though I suppose the GAA could be accused of the same, by the time the leagues and our relegation final is played.......

The current situation with the Intermediate Relegation play-off?

I agree with you B J to a point, This has dragged on to the point of absurdity. 3 teams have been hanging around since early August with no ball played in League or C/ship. Its a joke, I cant blame Killinkere too much for digging their heels in. C.B left the loophole there. I would have thought a swifter decision by Ulster Council would have been forthcoming and if/when its made (whichever way it goes)  do we have to wait for it to be batted up to Croke Park for an appeal ? This could really drag on into next year. There is a solution that would suit all sides. Promote the Junior winners, no team relegated from Intermediate this year. This would leave an even amount of teams in it for next year (no bye in 1st round, the cause of the problem) 

Co-incidentley Micky Lee the referee who sent Minagh off in the previous round was knocked out at the end of that match by a Ballymachugh Minor player.
Who'd wanna be a referee nowadays ha![/glow] Just to update you Bo J - It was a Crosserlough minor who hit Mickey Lee (no relation of Bruce Lee then). He got suspended by his club and Co Board gave him 96 weeks and fined C/Lough 2 grand. P.S. Mickey has bought the "Enter the Dragon" DVD and all the back catauogue of Bruceys films.

[Semi Finals in all divisions:]

PROPOSED CHANGES FOR THE A.C.F.L. LEAGUE BY THE COUNTY BOARD

•   Semi Finals in all divisions:  This is more games and I know that a league is a league but it would keep the interest of the mid table teams in the competition. The top 2 at the end of the league obviously get promoted but a top 4 play-off for a League cup would be good.
•   Division 1 to 3 relegation semi finals to allow 4 games without county players (This gives clubs with county players chance to get out of relegation) Don't agree at all. This means that if you have a county player(s) you will have to play 4 games of the league without him/them. Pointless. Makes a joke of the league. Whatever about one or two games without him/them, but no relegation play-offs.
•   Rounds of league to be completed before championship starts on Master Plan Yes. League should start early March but the Master Plan should take into account delays in finishing the league eg. bad weather, funerals, etc. and set the championship to start mid August.
Division 6 My own idea for this division is that it should be 13 a side, 25 mins per half. It is the bottom of the barrell and a place where old boys are out to pasture and very young lads are blooded but a lot of games this year have been cancelled either because clubs would have to play most of their 1st team, or it was a mid week fixture, or it was'nt played as a doudle header (when it could have been). I feel sorry for the guys who help to make up the numbers at training all season but are just not good enough for even a bench start on the 1st team. Games in Div 6 are for these Walter Mitty's and the few youngsters who will make it to the next level. The GAA and every club need these guys involved, it's not all about winning, taking part and adding life and commitment to your club should be rewarded too.  

PROPOSED CHANGES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

•   Move 2 teams from Intermediate to Senior.
•   This leaves 16 teams – 4 groups of 4, top 2 quarter finals, bottom team relegation.
•   Same procedure for the Intermediate and Junior
•   Allow teams who want to play in Junior Championship who have 2 teams play and promotion from Junior B to Junior.Sound good. If it starts mid August then by the first or second week in October it should be all over bar the shouting.
Condition:  If Cavan make it to An All Ireland Championship Quarter Final that the championship reverts to a straight knockout.

Other Options:

1.   Straight Knockout Competition
2.   Run on a league basis – 4 groups of 4.  OK
A shield final could be run for the bottom 2 in each group. NO

Keoghan in midfield dilemma-From Hoganstand.

Cavan boss Donal Keogan might have to start his veteran All Star Dermot McCabe at centre-field this Saturday against Kildare after it has emerged that the Breffni County may have lost five midfielders in a fortnight.

We hadn't five midfielders in the last two years never mind the last two weeks !!!

Myles, youre bang on the money again. "A panel will always consist of numbers of players not getting a game but it is the managers job to keep these guys motivated, to convince them that they can get on the team, to convince them that a year or two on the panel will get them on the team in the future. I have no doubt that keoghan does not have the brains  to do that  nor the ability."
As for Maximus, The Breffni gate affair is obviously a clever arrangement whereby our Co Board give the Aussies a couple of u-14 gossins and in exchange we get a couple of 6'-4" midfielders.  Cavan for Sam in 2013 

Thanks Maniac,
Your thoughts on "a proven manager with fresh ideas and good man management skills" is spot on but he wouldnt even need fresh ideas, ANY ideas would do. The key is the man management element. Sorry, but our man dont have it. Your right, we have the players (some great minor hopes over the last 3 or 4 years) but they have been left without a shepard (to quote the Good Book) We are tripping over development squads from U-14 to U-17 but nothing between Minor and U-21. In rugger they have backs coaches and forwards coaches, we need to be targeting /grooming players for specific positions. Our most imediate requirement being mid-fielders.

Great report on the Minor game, Mylestheslasher. Hollowman is corect in saying McKiernan is from Swad, An Muileann Iarainn in Irish. I had to corect Northern Sound on it, as I was trying to make sense of their commentary. I say put Myles in the commentary box.