Official Cavan GAA Thread

[five points]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

[mrdeeds]

You don't just play for the parish you're from, but also where you live as a way to integrate into a new community.

[Itchy]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

Isnt that exactly what I said!! Thats where he should have gone and that would be fine with me as that is where he is living.

[Itchy]

You don't just play for the parish you're from, but also where you live as a way to integrate into a new community.

Again, exactly what I said. He should have moved to the Bridge, no issues from me with him doing that.

[five points]

You don't just play for the parish you're from, but also where you live as a way to integrate into a new community.

Again, exactly what I said. He should have moved to the Bridge, no issues from me with him doing that.

If he had moved to the Bridge, he'd have more than likely ended up playing against Swad. Maybe that wouldn't have bothered him, but if it did, I'd see his point.

[Itchy]

You don't just play for the parish you're from, but also where you live as a way to integrate into a new community.

Again, exactly what I said. He should have moved to the Bridge, no issues from me with him doing that.

If he had moved to the Bridge, he'd have more than likely ended up playing against Swad. Maybe that wouldn't have bothered him, but if it did, I'd see his point.

Except he told parkinson his motivation was to play senior football.

[five points]

You don't just play for the parish you're from, but also where you live as a way to integrate into a new community.

Again, exactly what I said. He should have moved to the Bridge, no issues from me with him doing that.

If he had moved to the Bridge, he'd have more than likely ended up playing against Swad. Maybe that wouldn't have bothered him, but if it did, I'd see his point.

Except he told parkinson his motivation was to play senior football.

Well he's hardly going to tell an interviewer that he doesn't want to play against his native club.

[Itchy]

You don't just play for the parish you're from, but also where you live as a way to integrate into a new community.

Again, exactly what I said. He should have moved to the Bridge, no issues from me with him doing that.

If he had moved to the Bridge, he'd have more than likely ended up playing against Swad. Maybe that wouldn't have bothered him, but if it did, I'd see his point.

Except he told parkinson his motivation was to play senior football.

Well he's hardly going to tell an interviewer that he doesn't want to play against his native club.

Why not?

[rodney trotter]

He wouldn'have been playing against them this year, had he joined the bridge. The are Intermediate and Division 2, Swad junior and Division 3. ButlersBridge have a decent team and he might have been the extra spark for them to win a Intermediate.

Nonetheless, he's probaly friends with a good few Cavan Gaels players. He would have played with the likes of Niall Murray, Niall Smith, Kevin Meehan, Maloney Derham, from County U16 to U21s

[Duckquay]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

With all due respect I don't think you would be in a position to definitively say what he owes Swad or not. Agree with you re. Cullivan and Watson

[Itchy]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

With all due respect I don't think you would be in a position to definitively say what he owes Swad or not. Agree with you re. Cullivan and Watson

Its actually a phrase I really hate, "X owes his club nothing". We all owe our clubs quite a bit in my opinion. They trained us from U8/U10 all the way up to senior at little cost to the player or his/her parents. In the case of Gearoid it might be added this then gave him the chance to represent Cavan which should be a great honour for every player. He also got to play in an All Ireland final with Swad. All this opportunity delivered by hard working club volunteers and yes by a hard working player too. As they say eaten food is soon forgotten.

[five points]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

With all due respect I don't think you would be in a position to definitively say what he owes Swad or not. Agree with you re. Cullivan and Watson

Its actually a phrase I really hate, "X owes his club nothing". We all owe our clubs quite a bit in my opinion. They trained us from U8/U10 all the way up to senior at little cost to the player or his/her parents. In the case of Gearoid it might be added this then gave him the chance to represent Cavan which should be a great honour for every player. He also got to play in an All Ireland final with Swad. All this opportunity delivered by hard working club volunteers and yes by a hard working player too. As they say eaten food is soon forgotten.

The club had an opportunity to object to his transfer.  They didn't avail of it.

Anyone who serves their club in any capacity for more than a decade owes it nothing,  in my view. 

Had he quit football altogether nobody would be complaining.

[marty34]

Gearoid owes Swad nothing. And had he transferred to Butlersbridge, nobody would have batted an eyelid.  Nobody outside the clubs in question really cares who Ray Cullivan or Aaron Watson plays for.

With all due respect I don't think you would be in a position to definitively say what he owes Swad or not. Agree with you re. Cullivan and Watson

Its actually a phrase I really hate, "X owes his club nothing". We all owe our clubs quite a bit in my opinion. They trained us from U8/U10 all the way up to senior at little cost to the player or his/her parents. In the case of Gearoid it might be added this then gave him the chance to represent Cavan which should be a great honour for every player. He also got to play in an All Ireland final with Swad. All this opportunity delivered by hard working club volunteers and yes by a hard working player too. As they say eaten food is soon forgotten.

The club had an opportunity to object to his transfer.  They didn't avail of it.

Anyone who serves their club in any capacity for more than a decade owes it nothing,  in my view. 

Had he quit football altogether nobody would be complaining.

Are you from Cavan Gaels?

[five points]

Are you from Cavan Gaels?

This is an anti-Gaels thing, isn't it?

[Duckquay]

I definitely have no Gaels agenda anyway.
Our views of what "club" is and means are poles apart. I've played at every age group up to adult and I can tell you that if I was walking away at 29 the amount of complaining that would be done would be outrageous! And I'm no superstar. I've played adult club for 20 years and have did the selling tickets gig, the underage coaching and the works. But I would never ever feel like I'm owed anything. I have some of the best days of my life with my club and that's without winning anything major. Maybe I'm the eegit though