We are also conceding a lot. So a lot of our attacks come from kickouts where defences are in place rather than from turnovers. We do need to attack faster when the opportunity arises but it's only a small part of the problem. Our defence has made some half decent forwards look like David Clifford over the past few years.
I totally agree, however there are time you get held up on a counter and teams get reset and then you are faced by 15 players in their own half. Its not so easy then to attack with pace, rather patience is needed. All I am saying is it is not easy to always have defense splitting attacks in modern football.
Whereas we get men back behind the ball and attack at a snail’s pace. Cavan have to work on one key item to improve - the speed of their transition. It has been an issue for years now though.
There will be teams in Division 2 next year who will likely have lots behind the ball. Fermanagh and Donegal. Louth would have been another, but now looking for a new manager.
The League is played in the depths of winter January and February won't be all pretty.
I am glad some didnt get their way and see Cavan throw money at Mickey Harte. Any man capable of a stroke like that is not the type of outside manager I would be looking for.
Its easy stuff to say, I am pretty sure Graham said the same when he took over. However, the reality hits when you are faced with 15 men behind the ball and them just urging you to kick it into them so that they can counter attack at pace.
Well that would be indicative of at least some of the team not being in favour of a style of play. Mickey wasn't long getting back into football again so he didn't leave his position with Cavan to take a break from it. Interesting times ahead.
At least they are trying to win on the field to get promoted out of Junior unlike what Crosserlough did when they were not good enough to get out of intermediate a few years ago.
Kildallon scoring just 1 pt must be a first in a Junior Quarter final. Arva would hold their own in the Senior Championship and it's lobsided that they are playing junior.
Mickey said a few times in interviews that the players weren’t following what was set out or planned. This year in the League we started out playing attacking football but the wheels came off after the losses to Antrim & Fermanagh.
Mattie McGleenan also came in 2017 and said he would play attacking football but then reverted to a defensive structure so it’ll be interesting to see if Galligan follows through on what he says.
Just wondering if there were divisions between Mickey and some of the Cavan players? I'm wondering if that is the case because Galligan has said that fast attacking play will be his style and that certainly wasn't Mickey's way as in the last few years the style was slow and lateral with very little quick ball going in to the forwards.
Systems often need to be tweaked as time goes on and anamolies arise.
Some intercounty movement this evening. Mickey Harte to Derry it appears and Mickey Graham has joined Andy Moran in Leitrim.
It's been like that every since this format came in years ago.
You could be right but that isn't right and fair if that was the case. That's just my opinion on it. If both teams had previously played each other then the head to head between them is the fairest way. After that I think it has to be a play off.
You are wrong Myles both Butlersbridge and Cuchulainns didn't make the Intermediate quarter finals due to score difference and it has been used for many years.
You cant use score differences unless the teams level have each played the same teams (highly unlikely). That's not a fair system otherwise and you might as well toss a coin as do score difference as it will all be in the luck of who you drew against. One of the big downsides of this championship set up is that fact. I am afraid I don't see any other fair way to separate level teams other than a play off but that should have been accounted for in the master calendar instead of asking teams to play on midweek
I see Darragh McCarthy is now part of the Denn management. He had been with Ramor. Brian Donahoe gone as Castlerahan manager and in Mullahoran backroom team.
Kilinkere looks to be a very strong we’ll conditioned side that plays nice attacking football and are.very tenacious in the defence, I think they will be close to winning it.
I don’t think Shercock, Ballymachugh or Killinkere can win it.
Denn or Cootehill are playing this weekend and I think the winner will be one of those two or Ballyhaise.
Galligan is saying the right things anyway, hopefully he puts them into practice.
https://www.anglocelt.ie/2023/09/12/heads-up-galligan-lays-out-his-philosophy-in-first-interview/
It could work if organized right like in Kerry where junior and Intermediate is run of first. Cliffords club fossa won Junior last year and are in the Intermediate championship final.
There is clubs like Butlersbridge and Cuchullains who are finished for the year until the club league starts around April next year.
Cavan had a few amalgamation in the senior championship around 10 years ago. I think Blackwater Gaels were on.. played the senior championship on the Friday and with their club on Sunday which wasn't going to work
Our clubs have no interest in Amalgamations if that was to happen it would need to be completed before or after Junior and Intermediate championships to get any buy in.
I think Ulster Club representatives need to come from championship you can't nominate league winners.
Complete overhaul needed if we are to get anywhere with Cavan at Senior level.
I am firmly of the belief that the Kerry Style System is the way to go. What I would like to see is
Play your leagues as normal at the end of the league campaign
1) Those in Division one qualify for senior championship.
2) Division two and below can amalgamate and enter the senior championship.
3) Start the Senior Championship's in a group format. top two go through bottom two enter a shield competition.
4) Winners of the leagues go onto the Ulster Club championships unless a division one team wins the championship.
5) Could have a secondary championship amalgamated teams if numbers are there.
Damien Donahoe seems to be on a commission to defend structure of the club championship
Intermediate championship could go to any of the remaining 8 teams, but you could say the pressure is on in Ballyhaise to deliver this championship this year especially with cuchulains and the bridge gone.
Terrible tragedy in Castlerahan means one senior game cancelled.
Important wins for Laragh, Ballinagh and the Gaels today.
Not kicked a ball in it yet
Yes so they’re playing Division One football now but couldn’t make it out of intermediate group.
Yes
They’ll be playing it next year.
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