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Any news on rabitte getting back soon if it gets much later he won't have much match practice before the championship.  He has missed alot with injury and same goes for lyng so i wonder will either play much part in the championship.

This is a very good point. At the moment we have three of our most important players not featuring in matches in Rabbitte, Lyng and Gaynor. At least Lyng and Rabbitte are on the panel and have some hope of being match fit for the championship, as long as they get a few games soon. If Gaynor isn't called in to the panel very soon then he will simply not be ready to feature in the summer. I think that unless we are missing some vital information, then this is a very very stupid stance by Keoghan. I can see it now when we get bet in a big match due to not having a tough tacker at CB. Where was gaynor everyone will ask?? What is even more baffling is that Gaynors dedication has never been in doubt, even when the rest of the team (including this yrs captain) were all taking the piss. The lad is mad to play for Cavan which is one of the most important attributes a player can have. So Mr Keoghan, get your thick ass in gear and get Gaynor back on the panel.

Anyone frequenting the imperial of a weekend might pass my message on for me. Cheers.

Reckon Armagh will win it.

Tyrone maybe for ulster
Mayo out west
Cork in Munster
Laois in Leinster

Can you all stop tipping Cavan for the "suprise packet" too. It won't be a surprise otherwise!!!

Killeshandra had a challenge against the bridge, scheduled for 3 thirds of 25 minutes each. I hear it go abandoned in the 2nd third after a big fist fight couldn't be stopped.

Was Cullivan not playing at all for the U21's? I thought we'd win that but it doesn't really matter.

Mackey has made some decent sub showings for the seniors this year. Do you think maybe the fact that it is U21 means he is trying too hard as he see himself as one of the senior players on the team. Or is he just not up to it??

I think Ros have as much chance of All Ireland glory as you have of learning 12 times tables of by heart. Maybe you should go back to Hoganstand.com where they use short simple sentances that would be easier for you to understand.

Bottom Brick - I hear what your saying but for me Gaynor has the potential to change. I'm not shooting you down, just stating an opinion. I would say that he has the ability to be one of the best Ctr backs in the country too. I agree that grimley seems like an ideal person to sort the lad out too. For christ sake he has weened McCabe from taking frees and somehow he has got him fit again. Even Larry looks fit. To finish, there are many lads that whinge that they "have" to play county football - it is nice to know that Gaynor is mad to play. For god sake let the man back in to the panel I say.

Intermediate Championship in Cavan.

Was at the match on Saturday. I'd broadly agree with what Ballyhaiseman says in his report. However, I though Forde was very poor at full back. Diving into tackles and constantly getting turned. Surely he knows as full back he is the last line of defence? I don't think he won one 50 50 ball with his man. Best player on the pitch was Cullivan. When he went off things started to go against us a bit. I thought Walsh was excellent when he came on too. My worries are that we are weak at full back, need Gaynor at half back and are  not carrying a goal threat. As I said before Wicklow are a poor team so I wouldn't get too excited about this result.

Handball ace - I wouldn't say he was that good. He had a good 10/15 minutes in the 2nd half alright but did nothing in the first half. Also, he seems to be a good bit less fit than the rest of the team for some reason. Time will tell if he is up to it I suppose.

Standard complaints to RTE send to complaints@rte.ie. It says on their website to complain directly to the show/program 1st. I'll have to find out whether there is a "aertel" department. If I find out more I'll post back here with the details.

Was looking at Aertel today for latest scores on the GAA games and it seems to me to be the most diabolical service out there. Now maybe I am wrong but is the GAA not the most watched sport in Ireland?? So how come Aertel can provide updates on time from Div 3 soccer matches in England while 1 hour after todays games still no score in the Sligo v Tipp, Mayo v Kerry, Laois v Westmeath and Louth v Down. In fact, according to Aertel no game had a score for the first half at all. For Christ sake, all they had to do was flick over to TG4 for the score in the Mayo match. I think I will withold my license fee until this is rectified.

Made a long trip to Navan yesterday. Overall I was happy leaving the ground. We were clearly the better team and I am glad to report that Meath will win nothing this year. The ref sent Crowe off after 5 mins for something that no one else in thr ground seen. There was no player holding his head from a blow or anything, so only the ref knows what he was sent off for. His umpires were equally strange. They waved a meath point wide that was 100% over, then the waved one over which was 100% wide. In any case Cavan were the better team. Very good in defense, putting a lot of pressure on the Meath kicker which resulted in a lot of their wides. Other positives were the performances of McCabe in the middle, McKeever at Ctr Back and in the 2nd half gallagher at ctr Forward. The big positive was Young Cullivan, who was suberb. I can't remember seeing a Cavan player with so much potential. Excellent ball carrying, Sublime fielding and great passing. He seems to have an excellent head on him too and rarely took the wrong option. Mackey did well when he came on and fanin had a good game. On the negative we struggled to get out in front in the full back line and couldn't deal with the ball winning abilities of Joe Sheridan. We need Rabbite back. The last goal was also very poor on our side. James Reillys big problem is that he is dozy. He could have walked over and picked up the shot that Sheridan put in but instead he reacted slowly. Then he made a big error by pushing the rebound out in front of him instead of around the post. It was poor keeping all around. Reilly is proving to be prone to this sort of thing and I  think it needs to be addressed. On the whole it was positive and the results today went out way too with Sligo only drawing with Tipp and Wexford losing to Waterford. Wiclow thumped Antrim though but having seen a few of their games on Setanta in the O Byrne Cup we should be too good for them next week - as long as we don't get cocky of course.

I will be going. I think we will win as long as Keoghan gives the lads a bit of a break from the hard training before this game. It is a key game and we need to get of on a good footing this year. What better way than to beat those Meath dirt bags!!! Any word on whether Gaynor is back on the panel - I hope he gets called in and that there is no "personalities" at play here.

Nicholas Walsh useless, Breffni a bog. Whats wrong with you whinging Tyrone fu*kers. I never thought I'd say this about another Ulster team, but I reckon i'd like to see you well beaten by anyone this year and wipe the smugness out of ye. Jesus, some of you would swear ye were some sort of GAA giant with yer 2 all-irelands and handfull of Ulsters. You should be thanking your lucky stars for the privelage of playing Ulsters oldest and most historic county ground.

Redhandfan - So your not a big fan of Nicholas Walsh then?? There was a time of course when Tyrone were the dirtiest thugs in Ulster but many of your fans now suffer from selective amnesia. Anyway, I agree that Walsh goes to far in the physical side of things but he does have some ability and I think it is unfair to say he is "dreadfully poor". He has represented his country also and was good enough for Aussie rules people to bring him to Australia for trials.
Surely also, the angelic, Mickey Harte should not be infringing on the pitch no matter what the cause. Imagine if our manager Donal Keoghan (he of the multiple assault charges) went on to remonstrate with Mickey - it could have got ugly. Then Mickey is a law onto himself these days!

Yip, agree that Mackey was poor. It is too soon for him and I am also not sure if he has the brain for this level at the moment. He reminds me of Larry Reilly. I also thought Eamonn Reilly was poor. Dire passing from him and loose marking. The rest of the team were only average with the exception of Forde and Pierson.

Saying that I did say last week that we shouldn't read too much into the win over Derry and likewise we shouldn't read to much into this. I do think we will do well to stay withing 5 points of Tyrone who tore Derry apart yesterday.