Official Cavan GAA Thread

[cavanmaniac]

also good article from Paul Fitzpatrick,
im guessing him being from Redhills,

He was/is the Bottom Brick on here 

Good article is right, hope he doesn't mind you 'outing' him though! About time someone started reflecting in the media what the dogs on the street know and the ordinary supporter says in the pubs. As long as a sheepish local media remains, it gives the county board, manager and players somewhere to hide IMHO.

[BallyhaiseMan]

Hes underacheived with Ballinagh,as they shouldnt have been in Intermediate football this year.

Senior League(beat both Gowna and Gaels on the way) ,Intermediate title(beaten finalists in 2006),an Ulster title and an u21,a junior title and probably more, and this is underachieving ,

He may not be county manager material but surely you can't say he's underachieved with Ballinagh.
But then again ye're own managers overachieving keeping ye in Div 1

id be of the opinion SS that Ballinagh have possibely the 3rd most talented panel of players in the county, After the Gaels and probably Mullahoran.
He definetely underacheived in losing 2 Intermediate Finals(i could be wrong but wasnt he manager for the first one??? against Denn ) il put my hand up if i got that one wrong.

Ulster Intermediate and Senior Leage were good wins alright.

Under 21, Ballinagh were streets ahead of the rest in Division 2, and would have beaten every Div 1 team except the Gaels.

hes a good manager,id question his tactical knowledge though, Ballinagh have lost some games over the last few years that they shouldnt.

Anyway, enough of this i feel all dirty praising Ballinagh,

They are the enemy after all      

[BallyhaiseMan]

also good article from Paul Fitzpatrick,
im guessing him being from Redhills,

He was/is the Bottom Brick on here 

Good article is right, hope he doesn't mind you 'outing' him though! About time someone started reflecting in the media what the dogs on the street know and the ordinary supporter says in the pubs. As long as a sheepish local media remains, it gives the county board, manager and players somewhere to hide IMHO.

he hasnt been active in a long time,so i doubt he would mind.
He writes some great articles,doesnt tug the party line like others and reflects the views of many of us on here.
pity there wasnt more like him.

[Homer]

He definetely underacheived in losing 2 Intermediate Finals(i could be wrong but wasnt he manager for the first one??? against Debb ) il put my hand up if i got that one wrong.

Just to clarify Morris has been in charge for 3 years alright but only lost the single IFC final in 2006 to Drumalee the year before we made an early exit once again at the hands of Drumalee. The Denn final was 4 years ago back in 2003 and under different management.

Anyway, enough of this i feel all dirty praising Ballinagh,

No, no please go on HaiseMan, I'm sure everyone is enjoying it as much as I am.


Great article from the The Bottom Line and welcome to KingOfSeptember.

[BallyhaiseMan]

He definetely underacheived in losing 2 Intermediate Finals(i could be wrong but wasnt he manager for the first one??? against Debb ) il put my hand up if i got that one wrong.

Just to clarify Morris has been in charge for 3 years alright but only lost the single IFC final in 2006 to Drumalee the year before we made an early exit once again at the hands of Drumalee. The Denn final was 4 years ago back in 2003 and under different management.

Anyway, enough of this i feel all dirty praising Ballinagh,

No, no please go on HaiseMan, I'm sure everyone is enjoying it as much as I am.


Great article from the The Bottom Line and welcome to KingOfSeptember.

ah well i was wrong about the Denn match i see,
how do you rate him Homer?
Possible Future County Manager? if he had a good supporting cast??

[Homer]

How about Bernard Morris? Won Ulster IC with Ballinagh. Stephen King won the JFC with Killeshandra last year too.

Wouldn't recommend Morris, he's fairly limited when it comes to tactics and strategy. Grand at club level but wouldn't fair much better than Keoghan in inter county management.

Well what I've already said pretty much sums up my own sentiments. Morris was grand for figuring out a game plan for a certain team but once a plan B was required he was often found wanting. To be honest a lot of the players would have considered Morris's second in command Sean Finnegan to be the brains of the operation and unfortunately for Ballinagh's cause it's looking like he's taking a break now.

[LackenLegend]

Cheers KOS, i was asked to post that article and not being great at the ould computer i couldn't find a way to do it. Ya saved me a bit of hassle. I see the general consensous is that it is good stuff. Who is Paul Fitzpatrick though? The singer?

[shotstopper1]

Who is Paul Fitzpatrick though? The singer?

Paul is from Treehoo in Redhills,wrote as the Bottom Line in the Echo(Bottom Brick here) and now is with Cavan Voice.Looks like he's busier now than when he was with the Echo as his posts here dried up since his move
At least he writes it as he sees it and fair play to him.

[CC1]

Under 21, Ballinagh were streets ahead of the rest in Division 2, and would have beaten every Div 1 team except the Gaels.

*ahem* 

[BallyhaiseMan]

Under 21, Ballinagh were streets ahead of the rest in Division 2, and would have beaten every Div 1 team except the Gaels.

*ahem* 

not the year ye beat them mate, 
The year before when they won it.

[BallyhaiseMan]

Cavan team named:

J Reilly
M Hannon, P Reilly, K Fannin
A Forde, R Flanagan, D Sheridan
D McCabe, M McKeever
M Reilly, M Lyng, R Donohoe
J O'Reilly, S Brady, S Johnston

Cavan team
im happy with it to be honest.

[BallyhaiseMan]

good player who warranted a shot at the county.

cant say im sorry to see Abramovich GFC losing 7 players in total. 

we got 3 of them   

[Hollow Man]

Is that definitely Gavin Duffy that plays on their seniors? I doubt it, sure isn't he awy in Australia

I'd say it could be some juvenile player???

[Mr. Pain]

The way Mr. Pain sees it, if you don't play for a club for a year you may be allowed to play for any club without transfer. As Gavin Duffy is already away in Oz for a year he would not need to transfer. Mr. Pain agrees with Hollow Man that this might be un underage player with the same name. Does the other Gavin Duffy have a brother called Eamonn cos he is goin to Cornafean too? There seems to be a little bit of in-fighting in the Gaels club with prima donnas trying to call the shots. I could name them but i wont, you probably can guess, our county men, some of which haven't played with the Gaels all their lives.......Rant over!

[Homer]

Cavan team named:

J Reilly
M Hannon, P Reilly, K Fannin
A Forde, R Flanagan, D Sheridan
D McCabe, M McKeever
M Reilly, M Lyng, R Donohoe
J O'Reilly, S Brady, S Johnston

Cavan team
im happy with it to be honest.

Not bad on paper I suppose.

According to a very detailed post on the Hoganstand "brides has flu"

Podge's move to full-back comes as little surprise as he has started 3 games this year at CHB but finished them in the full back line.

It's great to see Flanagan back, I do think he is getting thrown in at the deep end here at CHB but will probably be suited to picking up Alan Brogan.

Looking forward to see how McCabe and McKeever fair out in the middle, fitness will obviously be the main worry here.

How long can the Rory Donohoe show go on? Seriously I think he is the only player to have played every game this year and yet he still hasn't produced the goods.

I remember Sean Brady playing at Full Forward for the county minors against Down in Casement some years ago and he did so to excellent effect but I'd imagine he will pull out to midfield tomorrow night. Again another player who gives me worries over his fitness.

Is Pierson injured or what is going on there?

Is that definitely Gavin Duffy that plays on their seniors? I doubt it, sure isn't he awy in Australia

I'd say it could be some juvenile player???

Duffy, Paraic Smith and Michael Cooke are all in Australia so I'm sure you're right and it's some kid.