The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Lemlin

tayto lover wrote: »

I was :pac:

I strongly doubt it. I think there's more chance of you getting the E off Val.

tayto lover

Lemlin wrote: »

I strongly doubt it. I think there's more chance of you getting the E off Val.

Why do you think such a "wonderful" manager got the E himself?

Lemlin

An interesting post lifted from Cavan Hogan Stand about the team and their successes:

1 Conor Gilsenan - Two ulster u21's.. 2. Jason McLoughlin- two ulster 21's.. 3. Rory Dunne Ulster 21 finalist, leinster junior winner '12.. 4. Killian Clarke- Ulster minor '11, and two u21 titles.. 5 James McEnroe- Ulster 21 finalist 2010.. 7. Killian Brady two ulster 21's, leinster junior 12.. 9. Dave Givney- Sigerson winner 2013, u21 finalist 2010. 11. Jack Brady 3 Ulster u21 titles. 12 Ferg Flanagan- 3 Ulster u21 titles. 13. Niall Mc Dermott Ulster u21 title. 14 Martin Dunne Leinster junior winner 2012.

That winning mentality really came into it when we were only a point ahead last Sunday.

Lemlin

Interesting info in regard to Alan O'Mara:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cavan-ace-speaks-out-on-battle-with-depression-29297291.html

Lemlin

Great win for the minors tonight. They beat Fermanagh 0-12 to 2-5.

Two wins in a week for a minor team that people are saying is the poorest in a few years.

Tom Joad

Lemlin wrote: »

Great win for the minors tonight. They beat Fermanagh 0-12 to 2-5.

Two wins in a week for a minor team that people are saying is the poorest in a few years.

Its that winning mentality that we keep talking about - we are now winning games that are in the melting point - teams is picking up momentum too.

Thinkstoomuch

Lemlin wrote: »

Interesting info in regard to Alan O'Mara:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cavan-ace-speaks-out-on-battle-with-depression-29297291.html

A diffcult read,but remarkably brave and honest.Fair play to him.Sometimes we think players when they put on a jersey are immune to lifes troubles,but their just like the rest of us,all blessed with a talent of our own,in their case GAA but at the same time their just as human as us.
A very brave guy,I hope he wins he battle with it.And fair play to the GPA and GAA for having a counselling service for players ,to help them.

Lemlin

Tom Joad wrote: »

Its that winning mentality that we keep talking about - we are now winning games that are in the melting point - teams is picking up momentum too.

Hopefully the juniors continue that winning mentality tomorrow aginst Louth. They made the Leinster final the last three years I think, winning it just the once last year by beating Kildare.

A few of last year's players have moved up to senior so it's proving to be a great stepping stone. Martin Reilly, Martin Dunne, Rory Dunne and Killian Brady all played for the juniors last year. 3 of them started against Armagh and Martin Reilly came on and will be pushing for a starting spot.

Tonight I'd expect to see a good few of the U21 team from this year. Turloc Mooney, Chris Conroy, Conor Moynagh and Enda O'Reilly should all start I'd imagine.

Edit: have my days mixed up. Game is tomorrow evening (Wednesday).

scoopmine

I think Conor Moynagh has gone under the knife again Lem. Hope he can get himself right as he is a touch of class.

Expect Michael Brady and Enda Reilly to play and perhaps Barry Reilly. It has proven to be a excellent way to blood players and hopefully we can continue our good form so far.

Lemlin

scoopmine wrote: »

I think Conor Moynagh has gone under the knife again Lem. Hope he can get himself right as he is a touch of class.

Expect Michael Brady and Enda Reilly to play and perhaps Barry Reilly. It has proven to be a excellent way to blood players and hopefully we can continue our good form so far.

I wasn't aware about Moynagh. Hopefully he can get himself right for next year's U21s.

I hadn't thought about Barry Reilly. I'd imagine he will start as he missed last year for the seniors through injury. I'd also expect Joe Dillon from Kingscourt to maybe get a run.

scoopmine

Is Joe on the panel? He had a bad start to the year with injury and affected his place with the u21s.

Lemlin

scoopmine wrote: »

Is Joe on the panel? He had a bad start to the year with injury and affected his place with the u21s.

I don't think there is a panel as such. The juniors tend to use players that are training with the senior panel but are eligible e.g. Conroy, Mooney but also call in a few extras who have been going well in club football for the games AFAIK.

One player who will also feature is Damien Barkey I'd say. He was very good for us in the league at corner back last year and I'm surprised he hasn't been given a championship start yet. I could see him starting at full back.

tayto lover

Lemlin wrote: »

Hopefully the juniors continue that winning mentality tomorrow aginst Louth. They made the Leinster final the last three years I think, winning it just the once last year by beating Kildare.

A few of last year's players have moved up to senior so it's proving to be a great stepping stone. Martin Reilly, Martin Dunne, Rory Dunne and Killian Brady all played for the juniors last year. 3 of them started against Armagh and Martin Reilly came on and will be pushing for a starting spot.

Tonight I'd expect to see a good few of the U21 team from this year. Turloc Mooney, Chris Conroy, Conor Moynagh and Enda O'Reilly should all start I'd imagine.

Edit: have my days mixed up. Game is tomorrow evening (Wednesday).

I'll be on the gate tomorrow night lads.
Just mention your Boards names and i'll have tea and sandwiches organised for yis all at half-time. Hoping for a good game. I hear yis are strong. Probably beat us easily.

Lemlin

tayto lover wrote: »

I'll be on the gate tomorrow night lads.
Just mention your Boards names and i'll have tea and sandwiches organised for yis all at half-time. Hoping for a good game. I hear yis are strong. Probably beat us easily.

From your "close sources" was it Tayto?

You never know what to expect with junior football to be honest. Kildare had Dermot Earley playing last year for example!

The team will again be based on players from the U21 teams and aimed at helping them progress to the senior team. Seeing as they have been training since last July for the U21 championship, they should be more than ready for this game but, as I said, you just never know.

celt262

Lemlin wrote: »

From your "close sources" was it Tayto?

. Seeing as they have been training since last July for the U21 championship, they should be more than ready for this game but, as I said, you just never know.

I doubt that is true.

Lemlin

celt262 wrote: »

I doubt that is true.

I have no source so it may well be incorrect. I'm just going by a quote I had read.

celt262

Lemlin wrote: »

I have no source so it may well be incorrect. I'm just going by what I was told.

They had no manager until end of August and trials were not until October.

celt262

Team V Louth

Alan O'Mara
James Morris
Turloc Mooney
Oisin Minagh
Niall O'Reilly
Damien Barkey
Michael Brady
Marc Leddy
Ross Sheridan
Chris Conroy
Barry Reilly
Niall Murray
Dara McVeety
David Hyland
Oisin O' Connell

Lemlin

celt262 wrote: »

They had no manager until end of August and trials were not until October.

You could indeed be correct. I was attributing the training since July to a quote from a player following the U21 final win but then that player was involved in last year's juniors and senior panel so perhaps he was referring to that training.

The quote was something along the lines of "we've been training since last July for this". Can't find it online but then it was in the Celt.

Strong looking team. O'Meara, Barkey, Minagh, Barry Reilly and Murray all have good league experience behind them.

Interesting to see Mooney at full back. Hopefully he does well.

tayto lover

Lemlin wrote: »

From your "close sources" was it Tayto?

You never know what to expect with junior football to be honest. Kildare had Dermot Earley playing last year for example!

The team will again be based on players from the U21 teams and aimed at helping them progress to the senior team. Seeing as they have been training since last July for the U21 championship, they should be more than ready for this game but, as I said, you just never know.

Great evening for the game anyway and i'm hoping for a good close encounter.
Cavan are the defending Leinster champions and again should be strong. Looking forward to seeing young Barry Reilly, know some of his family well. A lot of Senior medals in that family.

Tom Joad

tayto lover wrote: »

Looking forward to seeing young Barry Reilly, know some of his family well. A lot of Senior medals in that family.

A serious amount of medals alright - Jim (Barry's uncle) has 8 Cavan Senior medals, Terry has 5 or 6 and Michael has 4 and Eugene has 2 to add to Barry's!! Seriously talented family

Lemlin

tayto lover wrote: »

Great evening for the game anyway and i'm hoping for a good close encounter.
Cavan are the defending Leinster champions and again should be strong. Looking forward to seeing young Barry Reilly, know some of his family well. A lot of Senior medals in that family.

It's a pity he missed so much of the U21 campaign last year. I'd expect him to be near a start in the Fermanagh game as he is capable of long range scoring.

tayto lover

Lemlin wrote: »

It's a pity he missed so much of the U21 campaign last year. I'd expect him to be near a start in the Fermanagh game as he is capable of long range scoring.

With the family tradition he will soon be an integral part of the team, that's for sure.

Lemlin

Cavan pull another game out of the melting pot. Behind by 2 points with 15 minutes left and they rattle off the next 4 scores to finish on 1-10.

Louth got one more point after that to leave them on 1-9.

Next game is against Longford on June 12th.

tayto lover

Poor enough game. Cavan the better team going forward. Got a goal after 30 seconds through Niall Murray. Barry Reilly had a few bad wides and good enough distribution, he is very mobile.
Shooting very bad from both sides.
Louth missed a few close frees, one very bad one in particular. Sean Mc Cann very good at midfield.

Well done Cavan, go on and win it again now.

Lemlin

tayto lover wrote: »

Poor enough game. Cavan the better team going forward. Got a goal after 30 seconds through Niall Murray. Barry Reilly had a few bad wides and good enough distribution, he is very mobile.
Shooting very bad from both sides.
Louth missed a few close frees, one very bad one in particular. Sean Mc Cann very good at midfield.

Well done Cavan, go on and win it again now.

Was it not Chris Conroy that got the goal? Official Cavan GAA on Twitter said it was Conroy.

Tom Joad

I like our new habit of winning tight games

tayto lover

Lemlin wrote: »

Was it not Chris Conroy that got the goal? Official Cavan GAA on Twitter said it was Conroy.

Yes it was. My mistake, the number 10.

Lemlin

tayto lover wrote: »

Yes it was. My mistake, the number 10.

Who stood out for Cavan Tayto?

tayto lover

Lemlin wrote: »

Who stood out for Cavan Tayto?

It would be hard to name a man of the match for either team.
The Cavan defence were good, some good blocks. The short hand-passing game is hard to watch at times i.e. 10 short passes and ending up going backwards in order to keep possession. The number of back passes was unbelievable. Oisin Minagh no. 4 was good I thought and Barkey no. 6. Conor Madden (22) won some great ball but did a lot of fumbling. Barry Reilly (11) was always available but his shooting in the first half was poor. He did score a few long-range frees in the 2nd half though.
Louth were 2 ahead with 12 mins remaining but Cavan reeled off 4 in a row.