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Some amount of drivel been posted here about a county and teams that have been playing within the rules of competitions.

Wides could cost Scotstoun yet wow goal.

Well what's the point of hav8ng 3 decisions....

Maybe Derry should play tailteann cup next year,
If they were too good they should play div 1 and senior champ like every other county

Maybe they should they might win a national title that way.

Ah you know your wrong

Wrong on what?

You are trying to defend that's it's okay that arva Can play div 1 and junior champ, it's wrong!

It is what it is you guys will probably be back next year spending weeks saying the same about Knockbride but it won't change anything. Once there gone up it will be back to normal.

Well what's the point of hav8ng 3 decisions....

Maybe Derry should play tailteann cup next year,
If they were too good they should play div 1 and senior champ like every other county

Maybe they should they might win a national title that way.

Ah you know your wrong

Wrong on what?

Well what's the point of hav8ng 3 decisions....

Maybe Derry should play tailteann cup next year,
If they were too good they should play div 1 and senior champ like every other county

Maybe they should they might win a national title that way.

I don't like the Cavan system, Monaghan is the fairest. 1 team up via league, 1 via champ. None of this mess playing did 1 football and playing intermediate or junior champ.

Cavan's 3 representatives in ulster this year all played div 1 league....

Arvagh have not kicked in a ball in Division

They should be playing div 3 league football

They are way to good for that.

Lisnakea were more concerned about keeping the score down than trying to win the game.

What are the rules about posting videos of underage kids games on social media?

Messy. Both teams should be fucked out of the competition and a few heavy suspensions handed out.

Agree that stern action has to be taken against both teams.
I had thought there was a rule about posting videos of underage games (or even recording them)

I always thought there was a rule brought in a few years ago about third man into a scuffle got a straight red?

Was this a rule or did I just imagine it?

Only heard of that in ice hockey

Speaking of Ice Hockey, I always thought it'd be a good idea to let 2 lads go at it (like ice hockey) and have ref/lineman split it and deal with it when it went to ground. Would cut out the messier type brawls where men can get hit on the ground etc.

Maybe no one will agree with me, but I don't think it would be a bad way to go.

That's well and good when they are wearing helmets and protective clothing.

Pomeroy v Cullyhanna should be a serious game on Saturday evening - there's every chance this is the 2 strongest teams meeting in the 1st round. Could be wrong of course but on paper I'd say that's the case.

Pomeroy maybe stronger all around 15 but Cullyhanna are very capable as they've shown, and have some star power.

Would Killanny or Ballyhaise be up to much? I'd already be expecting a Monaghan Cavan junior final for reasons stated above. Maybe Fintona to upset Blackhill but they seem to have good pedigree at the level.

Ballyhaise would be a big strong team with some very good footballers but whether they can do it in Ulster is another thing they got over the line handy enough in Cavan this year.

Technical foul outside the box is a free, if defender picks up ball in the small square penalty.. That should be easy enough to work out and those closest would have seen that?

So it was either a free or a penalty, why did the Tullamore lads complain if it was the correct call?

The Referee lost the run of himself in that he gave a free, then spoke to umpires and gave a penalty, then linesman intervened and he changed back to a free which was the right call. ( or something like that going by what i have read). They obviously complained because they though they were going to get a chance to win the game and then it was took away from them and emotions got the better of them.

I think the only thing to worry about here is about awarding the correct decision, and if after consulting the other officials who were better placed, and got the correct decision then what is the fuss about?

The player was either fouled outside the box or inside it...

The ref would have been hammered by the other team if he gave the 'wrong' decision

I'm not sure the statement above reflects the correct call by the referee and his team.

That said, I haven't seen the footage, but have read reports from others saying it was the right call..

Going forward, the ref should have blown for a free, made his way to the incident, talked immediately to his umpires and linesmen and then make a call on whether it was inside or out, it would have at least shifted any blame on him and put it solely on the player that fouled

It wasn't a foul on a player the ball was picked of the ground.

Stewartstown were fortunate enough to beat Drumlane who knocked out Arva last season and Stewartstown were only in Junior due to Covid. Just can't see the Cavan champions getting caught out this year.

Will next year too see Knockbride playing in Division 1 having won the Division 2 Final and playing in the Junior Championship?

Yep they should walk Junior next year now that Arva are out of it.

The Junior clubs in Cavan will be glad to see the back of those two and things should start to level off from now on.

Did covid make a balls of the whole thing?

It had nothing to do with Covid.

They relegated two teams back a few years ago to even up the grades and do away with bye rounds. The last few years there have been at least two very strong teams in the Junior Championship. Drumlane won it last year and got to the Ulster final but would not have been a team many would have picked to get out of Cavan.  Knockbride have been trying to get out of Junior a good few years but are not producing come the business end of the championship. They got promoted to Division 1 this year but were playing Division 3 league last year.

Arva lost a lot of players who went travelling and Ciaran Brady had a bad injury and they went from Senior to Junior. All the players are back now and a lot of those lads are at their peak now as well. They are a serious outfit and will be one of the favorites for intermediate next year in Cavan. 

All the Junior clubs in Cavan will want Knockbride to win it next year as it will open it up and the real Junior clubs will have a chance of winning it from then on.

Stewartstown were fortunate enough to beat Drumlane who knocked out Arva last season and Stewartstown were only in Junior due to Covid. Just can't see the Cavan champions getting caught out this year.

Will next year too see Knockbride playing in Division 1 having won the Division 2 Final and playing in the Junior Championship?

Yep they should walk Junior next year now that Arva are out of it.

The Junior clubs in Cavan will be glad to see the back of those two and things should start to level off from now on.

Didn't Michael Martin reckon some Ukrainians are bypassing other countries to arrive in the south due to a more generous welfare system ?

Ireland the land of 1000 welcomes.

Sexton was yapping because he was told not to miss the plane home tomorrow and enjoy the retirement, but everyone assumed it was because he was a sore loser. Nothing worse than being a bad winner. NZ deserved to win but win graciously and move on don't be dicks about it.

Ach sure it was great craic when O'Mahoney was calling Cane a "shit McCaw" but don't say a word to offend our lads...

Exactly when the shoe is on the other foot it is great craic.