Official Cavan GAA Thread

[Itchy]

He isn't even turning up to the Gaels training so maybe that is why the lads on the bench are not so welcoming.

[mylestheslasher]

Looks like the Gaels will be rewarded for lack of loyalty to their own squad players. Cant see it happen but I hope Ballinagh beat them.

i was at the Killeshandra v Ballyhaise game on Saturday. Leaguers deserved their win and can thank a very good performance in their FB line and also a master display in midfield from Dec McKiernan. i thought Kevin Tierney was woeful for Ballyhaise. Now maybe he is injured but he showed no hunger for the game and was just jogging around the fringes easily marshalled by Daragh Tighe. Big difference between him and say McVeety for Crosserlough in the 2nd game where he bust his hole for his team.
Alas the 2nd game was very poor stuff indeed. The second half in particular was dire. 

[tommysmith]

Alas the 2nd game was very poor stuff indeed. The second half in particular was dire.

Crosserlough could not get out of Intermediate so i don't think they have much business in Senior anyway.  They played nobody of note and got to a Semi Final.  Ballinagh are better than them but not a whole pile.

Gaels will win final handy enough.

[rodney trotter]

Whatever about Johnston not training with the Gaels? (He was injured for a while so couldn't train), he kicked some great scores last Sunday. Cavan don't have many natural inside players bar Dunne and I can see Johnston back on the panel next year if he continues in that type of form.

[mylestheslasher]

Injured my hole.

If he is back on the Cavan panel I for one would have a very hard time to go watch them play. There is no way back for that lad in my opinion and I can't think why any sane manager would take a risk of disrupting what is very clearly a happy camp by re-introducing a fella who was well known to be a problem in the camp and I don't care how good he is (btw - he is not half as good as many think he is, hence he cant even make a Kildare team that wouldnt score in a brothel). For what it is worth I dont think Terry Hyland has any inclination to bring him back.

Cavan should stick with the lads that did the business last year and add a few of the U21's from last year and anyone else showing a bit of form for their clubs.

[rodney trotter]

 He didn't bomb Afganistan. If he is willing to work hard and play for the team he would be a good addition to the panel. But he might not be called back so who know's.  Barry McKiernan is worth a look, had a great season with Crosserlough.

[tommysmith]

He didn't bomb Afganistan. If he is willing to work hard and play for the team he would be a good addition to the panel. But he might not be called back so who know's.  Barry McKiernan is worth a look, had a great season with Crosserlough.

Hopefully he wont be back, i think Hyland has more cop on than to bring him back anyway.

[rodney trotter]

He didn't bomb Afganistan. If he is willing to work hard and play for the team he would be a good addition to the panel. But he might not be called back so who know's.  Barry McKiernan is worth a look, had a great season with Crosserlough.

Hopefully he wont be back, i think Hyland has more cop on than to bring him back anyway.

If a player is producing at Club level he would have to be considered like anyone else id say. Fermanagh took Gallagher back after he played with Cavan.

A good manager can deal with a disruptive player. Few others that impressed for me were Philip Tinnelly - Kingscourt,
Barry Doyle - Cornafean , Niall McKiernan - Lacken, Colin Lynch - Crosserlough, Tomas Reilly - Killeshandra

[tommysmith]

He didn't bomb Afganistan. If he is willing to work hard and play for the team he would be a good addition to the panel. But he might not be called back so who know's.  Barry McKiernan is worth a look, had a great season with Crosserlough.

Hopefully he wont be back, i think Hyland has more cop on than to bring him back anyway.

If a player is producing at Club level he would have to be considered like anyone else id say. Fermanagh took Gallagher back after he played with Cavan.

And then he walked out on them again.

[rodney trotter]

He didn't bomb Afganistan. If he is willing to work hard and play for the team he would be a good addition to the panel. But he might not be called back so who know's.  Barry McKiernan is worth a look, had a great season with Crosserlough.

Hopefully he wont be back, i think Hyland has more cop on than to bring him back anyway.

If a player is producing at Club level he would have to be considered like anyone else id say. Fermanagh took Gallagher back after he played with Cavan.

And then he walked out on them again.

Along with about 10 other players. They wouldn't play under John O Neill. Gallagher played under Malachy O Rourke, left went O Neill was appointed.

[Westside]

For years you've been getting off with fairly dodge looking birds, in fact you've went home with a few real moonpigs. You did pull a bird once that looked like a real stunner when she was dolled up but she treated you like shit and eventually you grew a pair of balls and told her where to go, more in hope that she'd cop herself on and treat you better because she did claim to love you. She moved away and started scoring some gym monkey instead and pretended you didn't exist. In fact one night she was back in town and made a point of going into the bar you frequent and wearing the face of this guy in front of you.

So you get your shit together, you get some new clothes, get a hairdo, work on your chat up lines and suddenly find yourself with a really good looking bird, she's dead sound and there's none of the usual bullshit with her, she's not expecting you to do the chasing, the type of girl you've been looking for. You really think this could be going somewhere, you're hitting it off and you've been out on a few really good dates lately. The ex-stunner walks into the bar one night, still looks pretty well but you're now noticing just how much make she wears. Things didn't work out between her and the gym monkey, he realised when he had her that he didn't really want her, you know that's the only reason she's back in town. You know for a fact that your new girl severely dislikes her and if she see you going over to her it's going to piss her off, might even ruin your chances.

What would you do?

[whats my name]

Injured my hole.

If he is back on the Cavan panel I for one would have a very hard time to go watch them play. There is no way back for that lad in my opinion and I can't think why any sane manager would take a risk of disrupting what is very clearly a happy camp by re-introducing a fella who was well known to be a problem in the camp and I don't care how good he is (btw - he is not half as good as many think he is, hence he cant even make a Kildare team that wouldnt score in a brothel). For what it is worth I dont think Terry Hyland has any inclination to bring him back.

Cavan should stick with the lads that did the business last year and add a few of the U21's from last year and anyone else showing a bit of form for their clubs.

Well said Myles. look at mackey for example dropped the same time as jelly, he didn't think he was better then cavan an go looking for a transfer to another county he put his head down got is act together and worked hard and could be nominated for an all star this year for his efforts. why didn't jelly do the same instead he threw the toys out of the pram and took the huff no one player should think hes better then the county.

[BallyhaiseMan]

For years you've been getting off with fairly dodge looking birds, in fact you've went home with a few real moonpigs. You did pull a bird once that looked like a real stunner when she was dolled up but she treated you like shit and eventually you grew a pair of balls and told her where to go, more in hope that she'd cop herself on and treat you better because she did claim to love you. She moved away and started scoring some gym monkey instead and pretended you didn't exist. In fact one night she was back in town and made a point of going into the bar you frequent and wearing the face of this guy in front of you.

So you get your shit together, you get some new clothes, get a hairdo, work on your chat up lines and suddenly find yourself with a really good looking bird, she's dead sound and there's none of the usual bullshit with her, she's not expecting you to do the chasing, the type of girl you've been looking for. You really think this could be going somewhere, you're hitting it off and you've been out on a few really good dates lately. The ex-stunner walks into the bar one night, still looks pretty well but you're now noticing just how much make she wears. Things didn't work out between her and the gym monkey, he realised when he had her that he didn't really want her, you know that's the only reason she's back in town. You know for a fact that your new girl severely dislikes her and if she see you going over to her it's going to piss her off, might even ruin your chances.

What would you do?

Ride both of them.
As for Jelly however, there would have to be a squad vote before he was recalled, You just had to see the reaction of Niall McDermott and Fergal Flangan, two key members of this team at present, to him when he scored that point for Kildare to know that there will be certain players on that panel that will want nothing to do with him and certainly won't want him on the panel. The question is how prevalent  that particular view is throughout the panel.

[rodney trotter]

I think the likes of Fergal Flanagan and McDermott would have moved on a bit since the
Kildare - Cavan game. That was over a year ago.

The likes of Ronan Flanagan, Mackey, McKeever are good mates with Johnston, obviously Martin Dunne too.

Anyone at the Gaels- Castlerahan game could see he is still good enough.

Mackey worked hard that year he was off the pane and got back on it, but he wasn't approached by McGeeney., Johnston was.

[tommysmith]

Anyone at the Gaels- Castlerahan game could see he is still good enough.

He may be good enough but what i seen he is still a trouble maker who has a chip on his shoulder.

If that's the type of person you would want on a county panel fair enough but i would prefer if he was no where near it.