Official Cavan GAA Thread

[gortnaleck]

Thanks for the report Haiseman.I was listening to Northern Sound and that is tough shit.They would talk about everything but the match.You would never know what part of the field the ball was in until they would interupt one of their stories to say there was another point scored for either team.I am delighted for the lads and that was a good win.Cork could probably have won the All Ireland except their keeper had a mare of a game.Midfield seemed to do OK seeing as Murphy is an All Star. Pity Pierson cant step up.The league results are a fair enough reflection of the team .There not as good as Armagh,could have sneaked a win.Dublin and Monaghan are better than them,Meath are pretty close to them,lost o the day,Cork are better than them but they got a win.By the way the Lock in has been postponed until Sunday night.Seemingly there are League games on Sunday

[ExiledGael]

Last year's break seems to have done Johnston good, outstanding last night. Unplayable almost.

[shotstopper1]

w/e results
Div 1

Belturbet   1-8  Mullahoran 1-10
Cuchullains   3-8  Gowna        0-10
Ballyhaise   1-9  Lavey        0-14
Denn   P    Killygarry     P
Lacken   0-7 Castlerahan 1-7
Ballinagh   0-11  Cavan Gaels 0-8
Drumalee    0-4   Crosserlough 1-8

Div 2
Shercock   P  Cavan Gaels  P
Knockbride   P  Ramor Utd    P
Drumgoon   1-10  Kingscourt 1-6
Drung   P      Drumlane  P
Cootehill   0-9   Killeshandra  0-12
Redhills   1-9   Bailieboro     1-2
Ballymachugh  1-14  Killinkere  2-9

Div 3
Arva   P    Crosserlough   P
Corlough   1-8  Cornafean    1-5
Maghera   P    Bultersbridge  P
Swanlinbar   3-6  Shannon Gaels 2-9
Muntirconnacht  P  Kill   P
Kildallan   1-9  Mountnugent  1-7
Laragh Utd.    P   Templeport    P

[shotstopper1]

Div 1   
   PL   Pts
Cuchullains   3   6
Cavan G    3   4
C'lough   3   4
Lacken   3   4
Mullahoran   3   4
Drumalee   3   4
Lavey   3   3
Ballyhaise   3   2
Ballinagh   3   2
Castlerahan   2   2
Gowna   3   2
Denn   2   1
Belturbet   2   0
Killygarry   2   0
      
Div 2      
   PL   Pts
Killeshandra   3   6
Ramor Utd   2   4
Redhills   3   4
Killinkere   3   3
Knockbride   2   3
Cavan G   2   2
Cootehill   2   2
Bailieboro   3   2
Ballymac   3   2
Drumgoon   2   2
Drung   1   1
Kingscourt   2   1
Drumlane   2   0
Shercock   2   0
      
Div 3      
   PL   Pts
Corlough   3   6
Kildallan   3   6
Munitir Con   2   3
Swanlinbar   3   3
B'bridge   2   2
Arva   2   2
C'lough   2   2
Laragh Utd   2   2
Kill   1   2
Templeport   1   1
Shannon G   3   1
M'nugent   3   1
Maghera   2   1
Cornafean   3   0
      

[Hollow Man]

You can virtually pick the team for the championship now anyway

1.Miller
2.M Hannon
3.Podge
4.Brides/Fannin
5.McCutcheon
6.Forde/Flanagan
7.Sheridan
8.McCabe
9.One from Galligan,Cunningham,Mulvey(heard rumours he was off the panel) or Gaffney
10.Martin Reily
11.Lyng/Flanagan
12.McKeever
13.Eddie/Jason
14.Jelly
15.Pierson

Yeah you're right BH Man, the team is more or less picked. Just any 15 out of that 22 you named there...

[BallyhaiseMan]

You can virtually pick the team for the championship now anyway

1.Miller
2.M Hannon
3.Podge
4.Brides/Fannin
5.McCutcheon
6.Forde/Flanagan
7.Sheridan
8.McCabe
9.One from Galligan,Cunningham,Mulvey(heard rumours he was off the panel) or Gaffney
10.Martin Reily
11.Lyng/Flanagan
12.McKeever
13.Eddie/Jason
14.Jelly
15.Pierson

Yeah you're right BH Man, the team is more or less picked. Just any 15 out of that 22 you named there...

thats me told so     

[BallyhaiseMan]

AsShotstopper said Lavey beat us 0-14 to 1-09, the less said about it the better 

[boojangles]

Well what can ya say,we finally seem to have got a bit of luck.I only seen the 2nd half from a bar in Liverpool,didnt even kno Setanta were showing it.From what I seen we had nearly all the ball,the backs seem to do well altho Podge was caught for pace at times.McCabe looked good for most of the 2nd half,didnt see Cunningham at all.I heard he did well enough in the 1st half but BH Man this comment of 'Didnt do anything wrong' kind of annoys me.Its Inter-County football and if he cant do something right then he shouldnt be there.I actually thought we went out of it at midfield for the last 10 minutes and of course Keoghan did nothing except bring on Mulvey with time-up.
Flanagans work-rate was exceptional,I thought Lyng did well when introduced,Him and Jelly always link very well.
What else can be said about Jelly-All the people calling for him to be barred from the county team this year can fairly eat their words,including some people on this board.

[shotstopper1]

im abit suprised Darren Rabbite isnt in the reckoning as hes very fit looking.

Heard Rabbite has quit the county scene for the year,due mainly to his studies.It's a pity, but as far as I could see he was listed on the panel from January but never appeared in any game be it McKenna cup,league or even a challenge.

Johnston came on for the Gaels yesterday (scored 0-1) with his ankle bandaged,hopefully just a precautionary measure.BTW good win for Homers guys.
What's with Lyng not playing with the gaels but playing with the county?

BHM heard a dispute over the taking of a last minute free which would've drawn the game fecked ye up yesterday.The lad who was taking and scoring the frees wasn't let take this one,it was duly put wide and Lavey proceeded up the field to score the insurance point.

[Lawrence of Knockbride]

What else can be said about Jelly-All the people calling for him to be barred from the county team this year can fairly eat their words,including some people on this board.
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Yeah he's no longer an unreliable member of our panel. He couldn't possibly quit again come our possible exit from the Ulster Championship at the first hurdle!! You should have hit backspace the minute you typed that. Johnston is a very good player in a very good run of form but if he quit my team with minimal notice he wouldn't be lining out again anytime soon.

[mylestheslasher]

What else can be said about Jelly-All the people calling for him to be barred from the county team this year can fairly eat their words,including some people on this board.

Yeah he's no longer an unreliable member of our panel. He couldn't possibly quit again come our possible exit from the Ulster Championship at the first hurdle!! You should have hit backspace the minute you typed that. Johnston is a very good player in a very good run of form but if he quit my team with minimal notice he wouldn't be lining out again anytime soon.
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It was a good win for Cavan on Saturday. Johnstone had an excellent game but he'll need a few more to excuse his behaviour last year. I agree with what Lawrence is saying above as there is still a question mark over his dedication and also what his includion in the panel does to team morale elsewhere - happily there seems to be no backlash from players on that front. It may sound strange to say but what most impressed me about Johnstone was that he eliminated his "greedy" side (i.e. shooting from any angle instead of a simple pass to a better placed team mate) and balanced perfectly the decision making of when to shoot and when to pass. He does owe a great deal to the ball into him from players like McCabe and Lyng, he had nothing to do to win most balls cos they were so accurately placed. As for Keoghan. Part of me want to think that a corner has been turned and the confidence is up and Keoghan is maybe doing a bit better than we thought but then some of his subs were crazy (unless there were injuries that I don't know about.). Pierson was doing ok I thought and was capable of scoring, McCutcheon wasn't too bad and took of. Replaced McCutcheon 10 mins before half time with Waters and then subbed him at half time! If Cork had snuck the game I know what we'd be talking about.

We still have a problem in the middle and I think Cork won 70% from kickout in that area. We have our Half back line to  thank for a lot of turnovers and going forward we were good and used the ball efficiently. Amazingly we have a chance to stay up. W'Meath next have a few key players and if we can neutralise them we could win. Roscommon seem to be in total dissarray and we should have a chance of beating them. It is hard to know if that would be enough given that our score difference is -15. I think our best chance is to catch Cork who have Monaghan at home (Mushroom men to win) and then Armagh away. If we draw level with them we will at least get a play-off as score difference will not apply.

[boojangles]

I agree with what Lawrence is saying above as there is still a question mark over his dedication and also what his includion in the panel does to team morale elsewhere.

I wasnt on the Board for any of the Chicago 3 episode(I was ironically in America playin Ball myself) and I certainly dont wanna be dragging it back up again but I cant really understand how Myles and Laurence yas can question Johnstons dedication to Cavan.Ok fair enough he went to Chicago to get away for a few months and view some of the world but I know Sean quite well and I know that if every other Cavan player trained and looked after himself as well as Jelly then we would be competing with the big boys in Ulster.Do Cavan supporters expect our county footballers to stay round Cavan until they're 30 something and never venture out until they retire??He was pissed off with the decision of Keoghan to drop him and he took the chance to head Stateside and earn a few pound.I did the same last summer,I came home on the Thursday before our 1st round Championship match and started,Are you saying that I shouldnt b allowed play with my club this year???
There was never a problem with team morale in Tyrone after McGuigan and Hughes came back from Austrailia was there?
The big mistake made was Keoghan sayin they would never play under him again and then going back on his word which made him look like a bigger Idiot.
At least Jelly probably realised he owed the supporters an apology and he his paying us back in the best possible way.Top Scorer in the Naational League so far is a good start I reckon.

[cavan4ever]

The win is good for the team to build on but that was a poor cork team.   

[mylestheslasher]

I agree with what Lawrence is saying above as there is still a question mark over his dedication and also what his includion in the panel does to team morale elsewhere.

I wasnt on the Board for any of the Chicago 3 episode(I was ironically in America playin Ball myself) and I certainly dont wanna be dragging it back up again but I cant really understand how Myles and Laurence yas can question Johnstons dedication to Cavan.Ok fair enough he went to Chicago to get away for a few months and view some of the world but I know Sean quite well and I know that if every other Cavan player trained and looked after himself as well as Jelly then we would be competing with the big boys in Ulster.Do Cavan supporters expect our county footballers to stay round Cavan until they're 30 something and never venture out until they retire??He was pissed off with the decision of Keoghan to drop him and he took the chance to head Stateside and earn a few pound.I did the same last summer,I came home on the Thursday before our 1st round Championship match and started,Are you saying that I shouldnt b allowed play with my club this year???
There was never a problem with team morale in Tyrone after McGuigan and Hughes came back from Austrailia was there?
The big mistake made was Keoghan sayin they would never play under him again and then going back on his word which made him look like a bigger Idiot.
At least Jelly probably realised he owed the supporters an apology and he his paying us back in the best possible way.Top Scorer in the Naational League so far is a good start I reckon.

I don't expect our players to stay around until they are 30 something and never see the world. What I do expect is that when a player makes a commitment to management, fellow players and his county that he see it through to the end. Johnstone took someone else place on the panel. Got the huff cos he was dropped and instead of standing up like a man and showing Keoghan he was the player he is, he pissed off to the US and let his teammates down. We were still in the championship at that time. Tyrones players did not leave mid championship, the opted out at the start of the year. If they had done what Johnstone did Mickey Harte would not have stood for it (look how he handled the students playing for colleges issue last year). As to your own case, if you went to the US and came back and played the next w'end in the championship I'd say you have a manger who is of the same calibre as Keoghan. You just  took the place of a team mate who probably trained hard for a couple of months while you were away having the craic. What did that decision do his and the rest of the teams morale? If I were your manager you would have had to prove yourself at training for a couple of weeks before I'd consider giving you a run out as a sub. Maybe my standards of discipline are just higher than everyones elses?

All that said, I'd like to think  that Johnstone is sorry he did what he did and that this year he will make ammends on the field of play. He has certainly started of very well but now comes a new challenge as he will be a marked man, possibly double marked and will be on the end of all sorts of abuse on the field.

[Mr. Pain]

Mr. Pain is thinking of throwing in his lot with this website. The Hogan Stand has gone to fcuk and Mr. Pain has stated this under a thread someone made up about the Cavan jersey. It's debatable if it will be posted or not. This site it now superior. Mr. Pain gives it three thumbs up and a cool face. Rant over!