Official Cavan GAA Thread

rodney trotter · December 06, 2015, 11:05:13 PM

I think the Coach who replaced McHale is from outside the County. They were waiting until Keating was finished with Kilmacud for the year, to see if he was committing for 2016. They were beaten today in the League final against St Vincents so might hear more about that in a while.

Westside · December 10, 2015, 11:37:24 PM

Good Cavan representation on the DCU Freshers A League winning side today with Matthew McKenna, Thomas Galligan, Pierce Smith and David Brady all involved (Cian McManus also involved). Think David Brady did well got a brace of goals and a few points, McKenna got a goal too.

scoopmine · December 15, 2015, 06:48:12 PM

We are Cavan had a tweet saying Jelly is back on the panel it then got deleted.

tommysmith · December 15, 2015, 07:17:13 PM

I think next year will be one to forget.

mylestheslasher · December 16, 2015, 07:50:22 AM

Quote from: scoopmine on December 15, 2015, 06:48:12 PM
We are Cavan had a tweet saying Jelly is back on the panel it then got deleted.

Being reported on the radio this morning, apparently a report in the Sun newspaper quotes Terry Hyland as confirming this as true. A dark day for Cavan football in my opinion if true and perhaps even more worrying than his return itself, its surely a sign of overall desperation by Hyland.

cavan4sam · December 16, 2015, 09:32:18 AM

Quote from: mylestheslasher on December 16, 2015, 07:50:22 AM
Quote from: scoopmine on December 15, 2015, 06:48:12 PM
We are Cavan had a tweet saying Jelly is back on the panel it then got deleted.

Being reported on the radio this morning, apparently a report in the Sun newspaper quotes Terry Hyland as confirming this as true. A dark day for Cavan football in my opinion if true and perhaps even more worrying than his return itself, its surely a sign of overall desperation by Hyland.

This is exactly what it is.

Hyland will be gone after this season, a year too late in my opinion.

scoopmine · December 16, 2015, 10:08:42 AM

If he kicks a few scores will it all be forgotten? Probably a better free taker than Dunne as well. Injured a lot in the last 3 seasons will he get back to county fitness quickly..?

cavan4sam · December 16, 2015, 10:20:50 AM

Not doubting the ability of Seanie Johnston, we all know how good he can be but he was seen as a divisive member of the panel when he was there before and it's more his attitude that I would question.

Hasn't played very much since his return to Cavan Gaels either and did I hear correctly that he part of the management for Drumalee next year?

mylestheslasher · December 16, 2015, 10:29:12 AM

People make mistakes, Johnston made a massive mistake. However, to move on from a mistake there must be an acknowledgement of it. So for me Johnston owes the supporters an apology and if he is not willing to do this then I for one will be saving a lot of Diesel this year as I won't be going to any games and I dont say that lightly as I have been going to games for a long time.

Ollie · December 16, 2015, 12:12:15 PM

An apology!

I heard Johnston and the county board are organising a letter of apology and a box Roses for you personally Myles!

In all seriousness, He was let go by the previous manager and tried to resurrect his inter-county career with Kildare but to no great success. Nobody in Cavan had any problem with Rory Gallagher or Gareth Smith trying similar moves. I know the latter has Cavan parents but he was born a Dub, living and working in Dublin and playing club football there is whole life.

Regardless of U21 titles we have, we certainly have not produced many scoring forwards in the past few years. Dunne, Jack Brady, Bud Fitz etc are not going to win us many games. We also don't have many free takers either. Relying on out make-shift Goalkeeper to score to late frees for us against Monaghan was just very naïve by the management.

I don't like the idea of drafting in 31 year olds either. It shouldn't hamper the prospects of younger lads like Hayes, David Brady or Ciaran Brady who will probably be drafted out of the panel for the second half of the league if the u21s are doing well.

Johnston could be the difference between a winning by a point instead of loosing by the same margin just like our last two encounters with Monaghan in the Championship.

Itchy · December 16, 2015, 01:05:13 PM

Ollie- if you think SJ will make a difference in the claustrophobic ulster championship you are mistaken. Even at his prime he was poor against mass defence. Add to that all his baggage and I think this is a poor call by hyland. It does raise the question should Hyland have stopped last year as this stinks of a desperate man to me.

mrdeeds · December 16, 2015, 02:40:47 PM

Calling in a 31 year old who has barely played all year. A last roll of the dice by a desperate manager. A player who went out of his way to take a free against his native county on his bad foot.

Westside · December 16, 2015, 06:31:06 PM

Sadly "desperation" is the first word that popped into my mind when I read the news this morning. The chances of Johnston making a significant difference to the inside forward line given his injuries, age and absence from intercounty football are very very slim. The chances that this move sends the wrong message to supporters, current players, younger players and invites a media circus to our camp for all the wrong reasons are fairly large.

I'm a big fan of Terry and I'd always give him the benefit of the doubt with his decisions but not with this one. Johnston should never have been given the opportunity to pull on a Cavan jersey again.

Old yeller · December 16, 2015, 09:02:43 PM

Quote from: Westside on December 16, 2015, 06:31:06 PM
Sadly "desperation" is the first word that popped into my mind when I read the news this morning. The chances of Johnston making a significant difference to the inside forward line given his injuries, age and absence from intercounty football are very very slim. The chances that this move sends the wrong message to supporters, current players, younger players and invites a media circus to our camp for all the wrong reasons are fairly large.

I'm a big fan of Terry and I'd always give him the benefit of the doubt with his decisions but not with this one. Johnston should never have been given the opportunity to pull on a Cavan jersey again.

Agree with ya there, desperate looking. You'd have to ask aswell, who does this benefit? What about building for the future? It looks like a selfish move to try and get some results, no matter what it takes, to take the bad look off last year. The only people this benefits is Johnston and the management.

cavanmaniac · December 16, 2015, 09:44:42 PM

I wasn't very enthused at the prospect of 2016 before now, and now I already think the season is a write-off.

I might be like a lad with a dreadful hangover promising never to drink again only to see things differently a little later, but it all leaves me thinking I personally wouldn't bother going to watch the team next year.

Hyland should have gone after the championship ended, and now he looks like the blues guitarist that sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads. A desperate, to-hell-with-it-all roll of the dice.

Johnston might not ever be fit enough to play, the rumour might not be true, maybe he offered some sort of olive branch himself (highly unlikely) but this still sends a very bad message about the pride in our jersey that's been carefully restored recently. A very depressing retrograde step.