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Kingscourt in Cavan

Oldcastle intermediate champs! $$$$
Some of these lads have to get a run with the meath county setup.
Might do OK in the Leinster championship if they stay focused.
Fantastic team to watch playing. Their work rate was phenomenal the other day.

play nice football and are in complete contrast to the oldcastle of 10 years ago and more.
However they are very small and I cant see too many of them being good enough for intercounty - but possibly one or two could be.
Def a very hard working, fit passing and moving football side.
Play it like 7 a side.

Some of the lads I have in mind are still minor grade. Loads of potential and time to still make the grade at senior intercounty.

Oldcastle won handy enough. Wonder will they stay long in Senior level.

Senchalstown Vs Tones this Sunday.

They have beaten plenty of big bulky team in the summer. Dunderry and Walterstown for example. I don't think size is going to stop them from staying up in senior and they certainly have youth on their side.

Oldcastle intermediate champs! $$$$
Some of these lads have to get a run with the meath county setup.
Might do OK in the Leinster championship if they stay focused.
Fantastic team to watch playing. Their work rate was phenomenal the other day.

Interesting article from the tribune today....

Most over-rated Footballers
of 2009

1. Stephen O'Neill

As I've already said, there are days when someone as good as O'Neill needs to turn games all on his own. The greatest footballers on the greatest teams do such a thing, you know. As Tyrone struggled to look anything like commanding All Ireland title-holders in August, more and more was required of O'Neill. Instead we got slimmer examples of his brilliance. O'Neill gave us all the impression he is, at this stage of his career, more of a support act on Mickey Harte's team. He never lived up to top billing in a season which demanded it of him.

2. Tadgh Kennelly

It's not his fault. He didn't ask for the mindless fascination which followed him almost every day of the season. He did as well as he could in almost every game he played and in the All Ireland final gave a very worthy, workmanlike performance which had the addition of two good points. Take away the fairytale business of his return home, and also the drama of the big gamble which Jack O'Connor took in giving Kennelly a straight run at a medal, however, and what's left is something none of us would have passed too many remarks upon if, say, Eoin Brosnan had stuck around and delivered on the same scale.

3. Seánie Johnston

No forward, every winter and spring, gets as much attention and applause from the media as Cavan's immaculately skilled corner-forward. Johnston – it's true – does have it all. Yet he makes so little happen once the championship commences. When Cavan needed chunks of Johnston's undoubted genius in order to complete a credible run through the qualifying rounds, which was well within the team's abilities, they didn't get that.

4. Paul Griffin

Being Dublin captain is not a role which anyone could desire. Griffin is a quiet, fairly humble footballer, with magnificent defensive qualities – and it's not his fault he completely, horrifically failed to save Dublin from the quarter-final slaughter. Even on a day as awful as that, more was expected from Griffin. Dublin got less.

5. Pearse O'Neill

Within the vulnerable, always wary Cork camp, O'Neill gave the firm impression in 2008 and in the early part of '09 that he was made of the sort of stuff which was capable of changing the county's football history. Coming onto the team so late in his career, and to play such strong roles taking several big games by the collar, we expected him to be the last man on the Cork team in this year's final to pack for home. But O'Neill, even before the game had reached halfway, packed with the rest of them. Unfortunately for us, and most unfortunately for his own reputation.

lhayes@tribune.ie

October 18, 2009
http://www.tribune.ie/sport/gaelic-football/article/2009/oct/18/football-analyst-liam-hayes-five-greats-five-great/

I'm so disillusioned with Cavan football that I have defected to the Meath thread! How bad is that?

Just to give them abuse I hope!

In true cavan fashion its a money making venture...
Have a few quid on oldcastle for the intermediate at 12/1.

I'm so disillusioned with Cavan football that I have defected to the Meath thread! How bad is that?

Any word on the tones v O'Mahonys replay? heard there is an objection from Tones in relation to the sending off in extra time that might delay it.

I think Senchelstown play the winners of the replay between Wolf Tones and Navan O'Mahonys in senior.
Oldcastle V the winners of Nobber and Kilmainhamwood in the intermediate.
Looks like the 2 replays will be next sunday. Games are stacking up with the Leinster championship on the horizon. 

Oldcastle in the Intermediate Final!    They have been the underwritten darkhorses all year.

The Juice, Any fixtures for the replays and Finals... was listening to the last couple of minutes of the Wolf Tones v O'Mahonys game. Dramatic ending! The commentator said that Cian Ward's equaliser was something special?

[skin-towners]

We have to tackle the skin-towners again on Friday. Cracking match last time out which could of gone either way. We've been in commanding positions in all our relegation ties but just can't seem to get over the line. Hard to believe that this will be Ballinagh's 9th championship game. Please God we can do the business Friday and bate those bucking bumblebee baxtards!!... Sorry, nothing against Crosserlough... siege mentality and all that.

Anyone any idea why Kilnaleck is referred to as Skin-town? Does it refer to the inclement weather (take the skin of you).. or is there something more sinister going on down there!

I see the Ballinagh Crosserlough is going ahead in Breffni this friday after last sunday I'm looking forward to seeing an even enough contest, should be a classic!!!! Any truth that Mullahoran only gave a fraction of the gate back to the county board from the first game?

Always thought that Mullahoran were one of the big financial hitters in Cavan Football. Always have big name managers. Pascal Canavan, Justin McNulty, Tommy Dowd... No shortage of cash down there in Kilcogy.

Nice win for Auld-Castle the other night against Big Darren and the Nobberiginies.

good to see Auld-castle seem to be hitting a bit of form this year.

Orangeman... Think you are right . It was walsh instead of O'Sullivan. definitely was a pitch induced injury. I must have been wiping the rain out of my eyes!

The surface conditions today in Croke park were very poor.

I think its unacceptable to have 30 lads out playing on a dangerous surface like that today in an All Ireland Semi Final. Surprised that there was just one major injury when Bray hurt his shoulder... although I saw Darren O'Sullivan slip and do the splits at one point. I'd say his adductors will be painful tomorrow! 

Apart from being dangerous I thought that it ruined the Game as well.

http://www.herald.ie/sport/gaelic-football/carrs-cavan-future-still-in-the-balance-1851448.html

(it might not be over yet.)

TOM Carr's future as Cavan manager still hangs in the balance, despite surviving a vote of 'no-confidence' at a county board meeting last night. In a remarkable turnaround, the motion tabled by Laragh United and seconded by Gowna, was defeated by 30 votes to 23, with a single abstentation and one spoilt vote.

As recently as last week, Carr (pictured) had been asked to step down by members of the county committee but refused to do so and having received the backing of the players, Carr dug his heels in.

However, Carr confirmed to the Evening Herald this morning that he still had reservations about the vote, which included votes in his favour from members of the county board executive, and would wait until the weekend before deciding whether to accept the post again for 2010.

"I'm just meeting the rest of the management team today and we'll have a chat about it," said Carr. "The vote isn't just a matter of 30 to 23. The executive members would have been mandated to vote for me. So it would suggest that the majority of clubs are against it."

"The primary thing here is - can you operate in an environment and can the players operate in an environment if there's unwarranted and unnecessary pressure on them? That's certainly my concern."