Official Cavan GAA Thread

[Denn Forever]

Two games in.

Very good in the first one but against limited (except D Shine) opposition.

Good first half in the second half but were pants in the second half.

Lets see how things are when we get the Sigerson ad Walsh cups over and done with.

Am I being over optimistic?

[Celt_Man]

Two games in.

Very good in the first one but against limited (except D Shine) opposition.

Good first half in the second half but were pants in the second half.

Lets see how things are when we get the Sigerson ad Walsh cups over and done with.

Am I being over optimistic?

Not at all sure we're still in the promotion spots after 2 rounds!!!


Div 3    P    W    D    L    Dif    Pts
Antrim    2    2    0    0    9    4
Cavan    2    1    0    1    5    2
Offaly    2    1    0    1    2    2
Louth    2    1    0    1    1    2
Sligo            2    1    0    1    0    2
Wexford    2    1    0    1    -1    2
Fermanagh    2    1    0    1    -2    2
Roscommon    2    0    0    2    -14    0
       

[boojangles]

Call me a bollix for saying so but we have 2 men from Junior clubs in the top positions in Senior and Youth football in Cavan and some of the decisions made are only aimed at helping Junior clubs,and not the overall standard of football in Cavan.

Heres more of it. 3 Amalgamated teams in Division 3 Minor-Yes Division 3.
Blackwater Gaels consisting of Maghera,Munterconnacht and Mountnugent.
Shannon Gaels and Templeport are together and Corlough,Swad and (was I hearing right??) Cornafean.
Cavan Football is on the UP.

[Dougal]

Call me a bollix for saying so but we have 2 men from Junior clubs in the top positions in Senior and Youth football in Cavan and some of the decisions made are only aimed at helping Junior clubs,and not the overall standard of football in Cavan.

Heres more of it. 3 Amalgamated teams in Division 3 Minor-Yes Division 3.
Blackwater Gaels consisting of Maghera,Munterconnacht and Mountnugent.
Shannon Gaels and Templeport are together and Corlough,Swad and (was I hearing right??) Cornafean.
Cavan Football is on the UP.

yes cornacrieve.also i believe drumlane cant field a minor team so their 3 minors have gone to st.joes,the rest that are still u16 will be playing with templeport and shannon gaels.

[full moon]

You think that is bad, one of the biggest clubs in the county don't even have a minor team this year. Mullahoran can't even get a team together for division 4. This is the same club that had 4-5 county minors last year and were in division 1. Where did those players go?
So a few of their players are playing with Gowna, one a county minor.

As has been said it is the same arrangement with Drumlane not fielding a team and giving the players they have left to St Joes, two town clubs that are already amalgamated.

How are the smaller clubs suppose to deal with these arrangements? Its hardly fair to the likes of Lavey and Ballyhaise. Again they were shortchanged last year with the minor amalgamations, as well as this year.

And lets not even go into the antics of some of these hyped up "development squads". Develop Walsh's ego and bank account more like.

[boojangles]

You think that is bad, one of the biggest clubs in the county don't even have a minor team this year. Mullahoran can't even get a team together for division 4. This is the same club that had 4-5 county minors last year and were in division 1. Where did those players go?
So a few of their players are playing with Gowna, one a county minor.

As has been said it is the same arrangement with Drumlane not fielding a team and giving the players they have left to St Joes, two town clubs that are already amalgamated.

How are the smaller clubs suppose to deal with these arrangements? Its hardly fair to the likes of Lavey and Ballyhaise. Again they were shortchanged last year with the minor amalgamations, as well as this year.

And lets not even go into the antics of some of these hyped up "development squads". Develop Walsh's ego and bank account more like.

Heard about the Mullahoran situation alright.Unbelievable.
Amalgamation is the new buzz word in Cavan football.Its gonna solve all our problems.
Its not Location,Location,Location anymore Its Amalgamate,Amalgamate,Amalgamate.

[put-it-up]

For a county of our size I think there are far too many clubs in Cavan. I would be interested to see statistics from other counties with clubs/population ratio..

Minor football is by far the hardest age-group to keep numbers up..College, drink, work, women. Boy's become independent and lose interest in it...been a problem for our club anyway.

[Dougal]

the aul lad was talking to a lad in the mullahoran club a while back and he said they only have about 10 players between 12 and 18,so the future isnt looking good for them.

around 2500 clubs in the country /32 = in or around 78 clubs per county.i dont know about number of clubs compared to population.i doubt were much above average,but i do think there are too many clubs.

[Celt_Man]

You think that is bad, one of the biggest clubs in the county don't even have a minor team this year. Mullahoran can't even get a team together for division 4. This is the same club that had 4-5 county minors last year and were in division 1. Where did those players go?
So a few of their players are playing with Gowna, one a county minor.

As has been said it is the same arrangement with Drumlane not fielding a team and giving the players they have left to St Joes, two town clubs that are already amalgamated.

How are the smaller clubs suppose to deal with these arrangements? Its hardly fair to the likes of Lavey and Ballyhaise. Again they were shortchanged last year with the minor amalgamations, as well as this year.

And lets not even go into the antics of some of these hyped up "development squads". Develop Walsh's ego and bank account more like.

Right I'll take the bait, would care to develop this point further please?

[Dougal]

keating conor smith an ado cole have supposedly been dropped from the u21 panel for drinking

[cavanmaniac]

That news about Mullahoran is absolutely staggering, it really is.

I'm a long time out of the county but in my teens they were literally teeming with players; the size of the parish and the population, plus the tradition there meant it couldn't be anything else.

What in the name of Jesus is after happening, it's still a rural parish where GAA should still be King and yet you have this apalling fall off in numbers at underage where it should be at its most vibrant.

Things in Cavan really are worse than they seem.

[Celt_Man]

From Anglo Celt

Board slates timing of Sigerson Cup


CAVAN county board chairman Tom Reilly has blasted the timing of the Sigerson Cup, the main football competitiion for third level collges which is played off each spring.

"Tommy Carr and his management team have been working hard in difficult circumstances to prepare our team despite the obstacles of injury and unavailablity of players who are forced to divide their loyalties between college and county due to poor fixture making at national level," wrote Reilly in his message in the programme for last Saturday's NFL clash with Antrim.

"This problem affects nearly every county and is something which needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency," he said.

Cavan have suffered the loss of two of the county's top players due to injury sustained on college duty already this season.

Sean Johnston suffered a suspected broken elbow while helping DCU to victory over UCD last Wednesday week while, in the same game, 2009 Cavan captain Ronan Flanagan picked up a "severe dead leg" which ruled him out of last Sunday week's NFL Division Three opener away to Carr's former charges Roscommon. Tom Reilly's comments come just a fortnight after Carr himself expressed similar sentiments.

"It just confirms my thoughts on the timing of the Sigerson," stated the manager.

"I'm a former Sigerson player myself, but to play it at this time of the year is ridiculous," he said.

"We have been denied the players up until now [days before the league began], and then they play the Sigerson just a few days before the start of the league."

[Denn Forever]

When was Sigerson played in the good old day?  Was it February or March?  Don't think it was April as that would be very close to Finals.

So as well as giving out about it the least they could give an indication of when it should be played.

[mylestheslasher]

And in the good old days wasn't the league played each side of christmas. I wish these people would quit moaning to the press and get on with improving Cavan football - we're not the only ones with players in College.

That news above on Mullahoran is shocking, I actually can't believe that the biggest parish in the county - a football mad parish - can't field an underage team.

[Celt_Man]

That news about Mullahoran is absolutely staggering, it really is.

I'm a long time out of the county but in my teens they were literally teeming with players; the size of the parish and the population, plus the tradition there meant it couldn't be anything else.

What in the name of Jesus is after happening, it's still a rural parish where GAA should still be King and yet you have this apalling fall off in numbers at underage where it should be at its most vibrant.

Things in Cavan really are worse than they seem.

I don't know it is really... things tend to come in cycles - especially in football... most clubs - with a few exceptions - aren't at the top forever and go through some bad times... 

For example Bailieboro would have been a top 4 senior team 8 or 9 years ago, they came down pretty hard in a short space of time and now they are making their way back up...