Official Cavan GAA Thread

[boojangles]

Knockbride and Drumlane drew in Redhills tonight.Drumlane shud have won it but in the end were lucky to get the draw.
Denn were up 1-5 to 0-4 at HT. Im sure Denn4ever or RednBlack will fill us in.

BH Man I was waiting on your Championship predictions all day with bated breath,very disappointed

[cavan4ever]

Draw in Breffini

[BallyhaiseMan]

Knockbride and Drumlane drew in Redhills tonight.Drumlane shud have won it but in the end were lucky to get the draw.
Denn were up 1-5 to 0-4 at HT. Im sure Denn4ever or RednBlack will fill us in.

BH Man I was waiting on your Championship predictions all day with bated breath,very disappointed

That other one took me nearly an hour to write 
Il leave the intermediate to yourself Boojangles
dont want to be stirring it with a game this weekend 

[Denn Forever]

Draw in Breffini

Succinct and that is all you could say.  Won't leave anyone quaking in their boots.  We almost managed to pluck defeat from the jaws of victory.   We haven't had a victory all year and so we couldn't finish it off.

Some very strange decisions.  Why was the Killygarry guy sent off?  There were two of them at it.  I can only assume that he said something to the ref.  The Umpire did not seem to raise any objection.

Now tomorrows game should be a full throttle affair.

Spell checker gave Killygarry as Calgary.  Fittting really for the fare tonight.

[cavan4ever]

Draw in Breffini

Succinct and that is all you could say.  Won't leave anyone quaking in their boots.  We almost managed to pluck defeat from the jaws of victory.   We haven't had a victory all year and so we couldn't finish it off.

Some very strange decisions.  Why was the Killygarry guy sent off?  There were two of them at it.  I can only assume that he said something to the ref.  The Umpire did not seem to raise any objection.

Now tomorrows game should be a full throttle affair.

Spell checker gave Killygarry as Calgary.  Fittting really for the fare tonight.

Was it two yellows for he killygarry player? 

Ref did best to get Killygarry level and then didnt want them to win it.

[Lawrence of Knockbride]

Draw in Breffini

Succinct and that is all you could say.  Won't leave anyone quaking in their boots.  We almost managed to pluck defeat from the jaws of victory.   We haven't had a victory all year and so we couldn't finish it off.

Some very strange decisions.  Why was the Killygarry guy sent off?  There were two of them at it.  I can only assume that he said something to the ref.  The Umpire did not seem to raise any objection.

Now tomorrows game should be a full throttle affair.

Spell checker gave Killygarry as Calgary.  Fittting really for the fare tonight.

Was it two yellows for he killygarry player? 

Ref did best to get Killygarry level and then didnt want them to win it.

Stephen McGovern got a second yellow-was booked in the first half. Didn't see what happened. A few bad decisions but overall I didn't think the ref did as bad as some thought. Some of the abuse from the Killygarry crowd was ridiculous. Strange game. Killygarry didn't score for about 25 minutes and went from 0-04 to 0-01 up to 1-05 to 0-04 down. But Denn got too deep and invited them on and paid the price. Where is Hubert Smith and Fergal Brady gone Denn Forever?
I think the Bridge beat Kildallon by a few points-didn't quite hear the score.

[cavan4ever]

Bridge 0-11 Kildallon 0-10 i think.

[boojangles]

Knockbride and Drumlane drew in Redhills tonight.Drumlane shud have won it but in the end were lucky to get the draw.
Denn were up 1-5 to 0-4 at HT. Im sure Denn4ever or RednBlack will fill us in.

BH Man I was waiting on your Championship predictions all day with bated breath,very disappointed

That other one took me nearly an hour to write 
Il leave the intermediate to yourself Boojangles
dont want to be stirring it with a game this weekend 

Id never try to fill your boots BH Man. Id know most of the teams in Intermediate but I havent seen enough of any of them this year to pass proper judgement so Im not gonna start.Theres nothing I hate more than lazy journalism,something we had been more than used to in Cavan for long enough.
Have to say Im having secong thoughts after tipping Knockbride to go the whole way after seeing them last night.Drumlane were the better team and really should have had the game wrapped up.They missed 2 clear cut goal chances and a few points but I suppose Fair play to Knockbride for coming back from 4 points down and after missing a penalty.
Celt Man had you the spies out? The draw will leave the group wide open still anyway.

[cavan4ever]

Any stirrings on whether the Cavan v Donegal / Antrim match will be a pay in or an all ticket affair?

Id be pretty confident that it will be pay at the gate but the covered stand will be tickets.

[cavan4ever]

Well he done your fairly quick for over carrying in injury time, he only had it caught and he did him 

[boojangles]

Draw in Breffini

Succinct and that is all you could say.  Won't leave anyone quaking in their boots.  We almost managed to pluck defeat from the jaws of victory.   We haven't had a victory all year and so we couldn't finish it off.

Some very strange decisions.  Why was the Killygarry guy sent off?  There were two of them at it.  I can only assume that he said something to the ref.  The Umpire did not seem to raise any objection.

Now tomorrows game should be a full throttle affair.

Spell checker gave Killygarry as Calgary.  Fittting really for the fare tonight.

Was it two yellows for he killygarry player? 

Ref did best to get Killygarry level and then didnt want them to win it.

Is it any wonder he wanted a draw. Stupid decision from CCC to put a Kingscourt man on a game between two sides in the same group as his own club Kingscourt.

Dreadful football from both teams and why Martin Reilly was left inside for so long did not make any sense. Midfield was lot 10 minutes in yet no changes made.

A lot of people cry about football standards throughout the county but surely we need to do something about the quality of refereeing. Watched our Under 14s play during the week against Denn and our lads got kicked around the park for the hour. Some of the comments from the ref to players during the game were unbelievable and he said he isn't into showing cards to under 14's. Madness.

It seems that whoever is organising the fixtures just doesnt think.Jimmy Galligan from Lacken was down to referee our game at the weekend against Lavey,with Terry Hyland from Lacken over Lavey. A wee bit more thought obviously should go into these decisions. Even at Underage in Cavan, I know of a well known referee who in the last month or 2 has refereed 2 U-16 games involving his own nephew. :oShows the honesty of the referee,but TBH I wouldnt expect any better.
As for the standard of refereeing,well I gave up on it a few years ago.I dunno if its the same in every county but I could name all the good referees in this county in 20 seconds. Far too many referees with an agenda and trying to get revenge on other clubs. We have been paying for the mistakes of a now retired referee from my club, for the last decade.

[Denn Forever]

I was wondering if either team objected to the Referee before the game.  Should have done.

Well done with the U14 the day before!  It was obvious he wasn'y going to give red cards when your player was poleaxed by it would seem a petulent Denn player.  You'd never think that might go on at U14, but remembeing back it did.

Preparation before game has improved/got more complex. When I was playing fado fado, good preparation was not having that can of Coke before the throw in or the midfielder  (who'd left primary school the year before) not passing around the Major.

But how cool was that to have the Roinn A final under floodlights?  If Bailieboro had started playing earliier, it could have been closer.

[tierworker blue]

Any stirrings on whether the Cavan v Donegal / Antrim match will be a pay in or an all ticket affair?

Id be pretty confident that it will be pay at the gate but the covered stand will be tickets.

Aye, I was thinking that allright. Cheers dude...

[Babe Ruth 47]

Strange game alright in the park with peculiar refereeing to add to the mix. Killygarry again seem the lack the determination to drive on when they get a lead. Major flaw in my opinion. In fairness to Denn though, they kicked a couple of great points to bring it back level when they were 4-1 down. Denn seemed to just try and defend their 4 point lead right from the throw in in the second half. They very seldom got forward though Killygarry lacked the guile to brake down the packed defence. Martin Reilly kicked some huge scores from frees from the ground, one of which must have bee 55 yards on his bad side. Very strange refereeing throughout, Killygarry's wee centre forward (Mc Gorven i think) was nearly decapitated on at least 2 occasions and didn't even get a free. Strange too to see Killygarry get more cards, both yellow and red over the course of the hour despite Denn being the team playing on the edge. One of the strangest decisions of the lot was the decision to penalise the Killygarry no. 18 for over carrying in front of the post despite having only landed after catching the ball. In fairness to the referee though the linesmen, especially those under the stand, seem afraid of intimidation if they make a controversial decision.

Overall the standard of football was poor, the only players standing out were Martin Reilly, Thomas Corr and Mousey (Cant remember his name, Denn no.13 i think). As mentioned Reilly was outstanding from frees and played well in general. Thomas Corr and his partner Mc Kiernan absolutely destroyed the Killygarry midfield. Corr in particular was excellent in the air and driving forward at every opportunity. Kicked one very important point too. I think the lad has great potential as an intercounty footballer. I understand he got a run under that previous goon Keoghan, but maybe if he got a run under a decent management set up he could thrive, he has the basics of height, power and ability in the air. That Mousey lad was a useful outlet for Denn, his pace had the Killygarry defence panicing every time he got the ball. Eoin Smith was also extremely composed through out. Very confident under a number of high balls.

[cavan4ever]

Strange game alright in the park with peculiar refereeing to add to the mix. Killygarry again seem the lack the determination to drive on when they get a lead. Major flaw in my opinion. In fairness to Denn though, they kicked a couple of great points to bring it back level when they were 4-1 down. Denn seemed to just try and defend their 4 point lead right from the throw in in the second half. They very seldom got forward though Killygarry lacked the guile to brake down the packed defence. Martin Reilly kicked some huge scores from frees from the ground, one of which must have bee 55 yards on his bad side. Very strange refereeing throughout, Killygarry's wee centre forward (Mc Gorven i think) was nearly decapitated on at least 2 occasions and didn't even get a free. Strange too to see Killygarry get more cards, both yellow and red over the course of the hour despite Denn being the team playing on the edge. One of the strangest decisions of the lot was the decision to penalise the Killygarry no. 18 for over carrying in front of the post despite having only landed after catching the ball. In fairness to the referee though the linesmen, especially those under the stand, seem afraid of intimidation if they make a controversial decision.

Overall the standard of football was poor, the only players standing out were Martin Reilly, Thomas Corr and Mousey (Cant remember his name, Denn no.13 i think). As mentioned Reilly was outstanding from frees and played well in general. Thomas Corr and his partner Mc Kiernan absolutely destroyed the Killygarry midfield. Corr in particular was excellent in the air and driving forward at every opportunity. Kicked one very important point too. I think the lad has great potential as an intercounty footballer. I understand he got a run under that previous goon Keoghan, but maybe if he got a run under a decent management set up he could thrive, he has the basics of height, power and ability in the air. That Mousey lad was a useful outlet for Denn, his pace had the Killygarry defence panicing every time he got the ball. Eoin Smith was also extremely composed through out. Very confident under a number of high balls.

I doubt if he is happy with his free taking, he missed some easy enough ones and seemed to kick the harder ones.   

I like the way you get your usual Eoin Smith is god statement in