Official Cavan GAA Thread

[boojangles]

Jesus lads lay off Gary Donohoe a bit would ye. He was the manager (not sidekick) when we finally won a Minor Championship in Ulster after a gap of 37 years. He wasn't the first choice for the job at the time but he got it and brought us success. The County Board are hardly going to sack him a few weeks before the first championship match. I know a few lads who speak highly of him from his time in Belturbet and I know the Kildallan boys had good time for him when he helped out last year.
I would be more worried about some decisions being made at the moment regarding the club Minor fixtures, or lack of in the county or the moves to pull out all the full-time coaches from the National schools.
And Rodney listen to Westside; Gary Donohoe is from Drumreilly in Leitrim. His brother Pat won a Connaught medal in 1994 for Leitrim.

[rodney trotter]

I don't think anyone said to sack him before the championship booj, I acklowledgend that he was from Drumreilly and asked had he any connection with the club now.

Hopefully the minors beat Armagh. We beat them already no reason why we cant do it again.

this quote from a few weeks ago gave him some backing
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« Reply #12444 on: April 06, 2013, 06:38:24 PM »

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Surely winning a Minor Championship 2 years ago should give him some lay way, despite the mistakes last year against Donegal..

[anglocelt39]

Sensible enough stuff there Booj

[Westside]

Jesus lads lay off Gary Donohoe a bit would ye. He was the manager (not sidekick) when we finally won a Minor Championship in Ulster after a gap of 37 years. He wasn't the first choice for the job at the time but he got it and brought us success. The County Board are hardly going to sack him a few weeks before the first championship match. I know a few lads who speak highly of him from his time in Belturbet and I know the Kildallan boys had good time for him when he helped out last year.
I would be more worried about some decisions being made at the moment regarding the club Minor fixtures, or lack of in the county or the moves to pull out all the full-time coaches from the National schools.
And Rodney listen to Westside; Gary Donohoe is from Drumreilly in Leitrim. His brother Pat won a Connaught medal in 1994 for Leitrim.

I may be going a bit hard on him but I never suggested sacking him at this stage. I know Belturbet lads who wouldn't have any time for him, didn't he pull out with a few games to go and leave them without a manager for their last few games the year he was in charge? He's not well liked around Ballinamore since his time there either. If he was the main man in the last two years he should have had to answer for leaving the shambles against Donegal in the first round when we still had a nice few Ulster Medalists on the team. I'd be only delighted if he made me eat my words but I don't see it happening.

Why are they moving to pull coaches from schools? Funding?

[rodney trotter]

Cavan beat Meath, 3-14 to 1-13, changed the team at half time

https://twitter.com/CavanCoBoardGaa/status/330405607293206528

[Itchy]

Meath team

Robbie Burlingham; Mickey Burke, Bryan Menton, Caolan Young; Seamus Kenny, Caoimhin King, Padraig Harnan; Conor Gillespie, Peadar Byrne; David larkin, Andrew Tormey, Graham Reilly; Sean Tobin, Joe Sheridan, Dalton McDonagh.

[mylestheslasher]

Well its good to hear we had a sizable win over Meath in that challenge game. Normally at this time of the year we hear the horror stories about some fella leaving the panel of a challenge match defeat by 10 points to Leitrim etc etc. Just for some debate...

First half team (don't know their positions, but as per the program)
James Reilly
Jason McLoughlin
Rory Dunne
Dara Tighe
Padraig Reilly
Alan Clarke
Michael Brady
Killian Clarke
David Givney
Mark McKeever
Barry Reilly
Chris Conroy
Oisin O Connell
Martin Dunne
Kevin Tierney

Second half team (Likewise but I'll give rough guess)
James Reilly
Oisin Minagh
James McEnroe
Damien Barkey
Josh Hayes
Fergal Flanagan
Dara McVitty
John McCutcheon
Killian Clarke
Turloch Mooney
Martin Reilly
Cian Mackey
Niall McDermott
Eugene Keating
Ronan Flanagan


So missing in action were Thomas Corr, Declan McKiernan and Damien Reilly (anyone else?). It just shows there is competition for every place and thats a good start!

[rodney trotter]

Meath had a few players with club games last night that were missing a few like Stehen Bray, Michael Newman, Kevin Reilly, Brian Farrell. Good win, Cavan were suppose to have been very sharp.

Some good options with Kevin Tierney back. Turloch Mooney done well when he came on,.

[mylestheslasher]

Well after the league there were two issues with the team for me. The first was the full back line and how easily it was cut open whenever teams broke through our front line defence. The second for me was the poor scoring spread, especially from half forwards.

When I look at the players we have that togged yesterday I see some options in the backs - Dunne  is back from injury, Mcloughlin is a good man marker, Clarke is an option anywhere from the FB line to midfield in my opinion.

We now also have some guys on there that can kick a point Tierney, Conroy, Barry Reilly, Mooney etc.

I suppose the only problem is not overloading the team with too many young lads and getting over powered against Armagh. Still, if we are beating Meath in two halves with two different line ups and are looking strong and sharp then maybe we can rattle the orchard men.

[Westside]

McCutcheon with two goals could have pushed closer to a starting place. Good to see fierce competition for places that can only be good, but I'm sure Terry will have no trouble in choosing what he sees as his best 15.

Anyone at the game to give a report?

[rodney trotter]

McCutcheon was outstanding last year with Cootehill in midfield. That's where he usually plays for them, with  G McKiernan out injured he is a good option for that position, if Corr is carrying an Injury.

[whats my name]

from what i hear corr is defo out for the armagh game he has a bad hamstring injury

[tommysmith]

Normally at this time of the year we hear the horror stories about some fella leaving the panel of a challenge match defeat by 10 points to Leitrim etc etc.

How about rumors of flights booked for America for the week after the Armagh game.

[Westside]

Normally at this time of the year we hear the horror stories about some fella leaving the panel of a challenge match defeat by 10 points to Leitrim etc etc.

How about rumors of flights booked for America for the week after the Armagh game.

You think there's truth to this Tommy? Perhaps the story is being warped. We've had situations before where lads have planned to go play in America after Cavan go out, whenever that may be. It's hard to blame them in those circumstances. But to have flights booked already... Hard to see us turning over Armagh if everyone doesn't buy into the belief that we are capable.

[Itchy]

If anyone has flights booked the county board should ring aer lingus, switch the players involved onto flights this week and drive them to the airport!
Now if this is simply lads planning to head off once the championship is over then I've no problem with that. Booking flights means you have no belief and no belief means you're no addition to the team.