Official Cavan GAA Thread

[tommysmith]

I think they are using the u21's this year as they choose not too in the last 3 years and it probaly cost them

It sure did cost them in the last few years and a few of them are needed, but i don't think Hyland is being fair on Peter Reilly either.

Edit: Peter might be happy enough for the lads to have a few games with the seniors , but it was him that didnt want them doing that when he was in charge.

[BallyhaiseMan]

I'm sure Peter will be happy for them to play in the first few rounds. The Monaghan under 21 game is still 5/6 weeks away isn't it?

[tommysmith]

I'm sure Peter will be happy for them to play in the first few rounds. The Monaghan under 21 game is still 5/6 weeks away isn't it?

Yeah its the 20th March.

[mylestheslasher]

It was a very disappointing result yesterday and puts the team under pressure now with a really difficult game against Monaghan coming up however lets not lose the run of ourselves. We need to take stock that we were in the bottom 3 of Div 3 last year, got hammered by Donegal and Kildare in the championship and a few others in the league. We have no god given right to be beating Antrim or anyone else. It is going to take time to come right and that is the hard reality of it.

If I was Hyland I'd tweak a couple of things right away. Take Givney out of FF and put him in the middle with Corr. Put McKiernan Ctr Forward. Put Dunne and McDermot in the FF line and start Declan McKiernan in there too. Give primary responsibility to one of our half forwards to get up in support. Our blanket defence will not win us anything and is not our natural game so we need to tweak it to be more adventurous. We need to spread the scores and especially we need our half forwards doing some scoring. If we are to be defensive we need to counter with high speed and power, we are not doing that.

[packiedevlin]

Damien Reilly started at midfield yesterday. Podge came off injured, any idea how bad the injury is? Corr came on for him and was completely anonymous.

[rodney trotter]

A player like Ray Cullivan, he has left the panel in the past. But he great strenght to break a tackle. Cavan are lacking players like him in the forwards. Mark McKeever wouldn't be lacking for strenght and Cian Mackey is a lot stronger than 2/3 years ago. Maybe the other forwards have the skil;, but not the confidence  or the power to break a tackle.

[rodney trotter]

I think they are using the u21's this year as they choose not too in the last 3 years and it probaly cost them

It sure did cost them in the last few years and a few of them are needed, but i don't think Hyland is being fair on Peter Reilly either.

Edit: Peter might be happy enough for the lads to have a few games with the seniors , but it was him that didnt want them doing that when he was in charge.

That is true, although Georid McKiernan Niall McDermott and Niall Murray played against Louth in 2011 and played against Tyrone in the Ulster Final 2 weeks  later. The fact that it went to the final game of the league last year, and it needed Tipp to beat Offaly to keep Cavan up, showed Cavan needed to be at full strenght during the League.

Jack Brady is probaly the only u21 at the minute I would have starting. Not sure about Killian Clarke yet.
Turloch Moooney if he was fit would probaly be on the team., Connor Moynagh,Dara Sextona nd,Conroy would be worth having on the panel too.

[tommysmith]

If we are not at full strength or very close to it it will end up in relegation.

[tommysmith]

I see the celt has posted comments from posters  here and the hoganstand about last weeks match.

I dont think things said by headcases like rodney should be posted in the local papers.

[rodney trotter]

What did i say, i was just giving my opinion. Nothing against anyone on the Cavan panel, they are all working hard. Not against Mossy Corr either if it sounded like i did.

[rodney trotter]

gaaboards.ie - there is worse things said on there about the Antrim game. i be postive about Cavan football most of the time., not against the young players, they mightn't be fully developed yet as they are still young.

[tommysmith]

What did i say, i was just giving my opinion. Nothing against anyone on the Cavan panel, they are all working hard. Not against Mossy Corr either if it sounded like i did.

Antrims were missing 4 regulars. Including Tomas McCann who is probaly their best forward. Givney will have to start at midfield next week, target man role didn't work that well. Monaghan are strong at midfield with Dick Clerkin and Eoin Lennon, Cavan can't afford to be cleaned out again in the middle.

Just that Rodney.


On another note Cullivans transfer to Lavey is passed.

[rodney trotter]

Tommy with all due respect i was just stating Antrim were missing key  players. we were missing keating, and barry reilly, tierney were injured. I forgot to mention them Reilly and Tierney initially

That shouldn't even be in the Celt, We started Giveny full forward and it didn't work. Don't see what the problem is. I'm behind the team

[tommysmith]

From reading Hoganstand we were going to hammer hoganstand, I was just stating that they were missing a few key players too. I don't see what the problem is.

Being a headcase for saying that, is ott.

I was just looking for a reaction from you and i didn't get it, well done you handled it well 

[rodney trotter]

I think they are using the u21's this year as they choose not too in the last 3 years and it probaly cost them

It sure did cost them in the last few years and a few of them are needed, but i don't think Hyland is being fair on Peter Reilly either.

Edit: Peter might be happy enough for the lads to have a few games with the seniors , but it was him that didnt want them doing that when he was in charge.

Maybe we can have that in next weeks Celt. An agenda against Terry