Official Cavan GAA Thread

rodney trotter · January 25, 2016, 03:37:35 PM

No harm in moving away from the steely defence approach at U21. It's just a grind. Cavan have won 4 U21 titles playing that way and lost narrowly to Donegal last year.

Could win another 5 U21 titles that way, producing the same type of player. A bit more flair is needed.

claff25 · January 25, 2016, 08:16:19 PM

Good afternoon - My Grandmother was Packie Devlin's sister. Her name was Mary Ward and she was married to Thomas Ward from Donegal. They lived there for sometime (Lough Eske) before moving to Glasgow and the moving to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania USA which is near Philadelphia. They are both deceased. Mary passed in 1985 and Thomas in 1988. They had eight children.

John Ward (lives in Glasgow)
Ellen (Lena) Friel (lives in Rosemont, PA)
Mary Kirwan (lives in Exton, PA)
Kathleen McClafferty (lives in Havertown, PA) - my Mother
Thomas Ward (deceased - lived in Ardmore, PA)
Alice Flanagan (lives in Pottstown, PA)
Vincent Ward (lives in Newtown Square, PA)
Michael Ward (lives in Bryn Mawr, PA)

You can friend me on Facebook (Mark McClafferty) and I can introduce you to some relatives, etc. My Mom (Kathleen) and Aunt Lena will be the best resources to get more info on the family.

Ollie · February 02, 2016, 04:45:06 PM

Anybody travel to Omagh last weekend? Should we be able to beat Derry at home? What about the u21s? Bad result especially by that margin.

cavan4sam · February 03, 2016, 10:39:52 AM

I was in Omagh, very hard to make a judgement on where we are from that game as the conditions were very wet. Going up I was happy if we were able to stay with what I consider to be 1 of the top 5/6 teams in the country and we did that. Could have actually sneaked a draw at the end if we had taken a couple of point chances. Niall McDermott got a bad groin injury in the first half. Will be out for a while by all accounts.

Not sure how we will get on against Derry. I've heard they are very good at kicking long range scores and that could help them against a Cavan team which invite the opposition on to them. Hopefully we will have a bit more fire power up front v Derry and get the win.

Ollie · February 03, 2016, 10:53:53 AM

So that's Niall McDermott and Niall Murray added to the injury list. Rory Dunne and Jason Mcgloughlin are also a big loss.

cavan4sam · February 03, 2016, 10:55:21 AM

What injury has Niall Murray got? Was wondering why he wasn't involved on Sunday. Has turned into a very important player over the last year or so.

Blue in hope · February 03, 2016, 03:30:27 PM

Niall Murray out for the Derry match but hopes to be back for the next match v Meath.

Ollie · February 04, 2016, 02:59:43 PM

Murray has become an integral part of the team. Although injuries always seem to be a problem with him. Do you envisage many changes for the Derry game? Johnston to start maybe? he'll need all the game time he can get to be fully sharp come the summer.

Any truth in the rumours linking G McKiernan to the Gaels?

beer baron · February 04, 2016, 03:13:06 PM

I wouldn't be surprised to see O' Connor start this weekend. Fed off scraps last week but well able to win his own ball, at one stage last week he went up for a ball,apparently smothered by 2 Tyrone men and came out with the ball. He's dangerous too and i'd say he's ahead of Johnston in the pecking order currently.

Ollie · February 04, 2016, 03:21:34 PM

Quote from: beer baron on February 04, 2016, 03:13:06 PM
I wouldn't be surprised to see O' Connor start this weekend. Fed off scraps last week but well able to win his own ball, at one stage last week he went up for a ball,apparently smothered by 2 Tyrone men and came out with the ball. He's dangerous too and i'd say he's ahead of Johnston in the pecking order currently.

Yeah O'Connor is worth a starting place. He's full of determination. Is Dillon fit?

cavan4sam · February 05, 2016, 11:44:20 AM

Not sure what the story is with Dillon, wasn't togged in Omagh. I'd be hoping we have a bit more fire power in the forward line tomorrow and hopefully that means that O'Connor, Johnston and Tom Hayes all get decent game time. Mossy Corr is back after suspension and I think Liam Buchanan should be fit to tog out too which gives greater options around the middle of the field.

I can see pretty much the same back line starting. Mossy coming in at midfield and a couple of changes in forward line.

cavan4sam · February 05, 2016, 10:30:53 PM

Team in Full:
1. Raymond Galligan (Lacken)
2. Padraig Faulkner (Kingscourt)
3. Killian Clarke (Shercock)
4. Killian Brady (Mullahoran
5. Ciarán Brady (Arvagh)
6. Conor Moynagh (Drumgoon)
7. Feargal Flanagan (Butlersbridge)
8. Tomas Corr (Denn)
9. Gearoid McKiernan (Swanlinbar)
10. Martin Reilly (Killygarry)
11. David Givney (Ballymun Kickhams)
12. Dara McVeety (Crosserlough)
13. Cian Mackey (Castlerahan)
14. Eugene Keating (Kilmacud Crokes)
15. Paul O'Connor (Cavan Gaels)

Ollie · February 08, 2016, 09:35:14 AM

Disappointing performance the other night. Terry seems set in his ways by continuing to play the same brand of football which has won us nothing in the last two years. I know there was only a point in it at the end but Derry were the more dominant team throughout. They're physicality and inter-linking play was too much for our team to cope with. I lost count at the amount of times either, Mackey, M Reilly or K Clarke carried the ball up the field but had no options to left or right of them to continue the attack. Derrys swarm defence was too much to deal with. We're in a relegation battle now and its going to be a tough to keep Div 2 status.

cavan4sam · February 08, 2016, 10:32:52 AM

I agree with a lot of what you say Ollie. We had a significant breeze to our backs in the first half yet we didn't push up on Derry until around 22 minutes which was too late. Up to that point we only had 2 players in the Derry half.

We need to learn how to transition our defence into attack better and also we need to start kicking point from long distances. It seems we need to inside 30 meters before we have a shot for a point. Take Roscommon yesterday for example, some of the points they kicked against Kerry were excellent and from around 45 meters. If you can kick scores from that range it saves a some of the energy required to work the ball into a scoring position in the more congested areas in front of goal.

I've no idea why the players were going for a goal in the last minutes. Pop the ball over the bar, level the match and see what happens from the next play, if there is one. A draw would have been a good result as Derry were the better team on the night. We have played the 2 teams that came down from Division 1 and not been blown away. At the moment they look like they will be the 2 to go back up. As Ollie says we are now in a relegation battle but I think we should be good enough to pick up enough points to remain in Division 2.

Ollie · February 08, 2016, 12:30:10 PM

If we don't pick up points away to Meath then we're in serious trouble. Fermanagh Armagh, Laois, Galway are all beatable but we'd need to win 4 out of the five remaining games. On the evidence of the last two games that's a big ask.

The most frustrating part is that I think its the strongest panel we've had in a few years. They're just being held back by one dimensional, non-creative tactics.

Also, €15 into a league game? a little steep!