The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

So who has the caught the various eyes during the championships. Admittedly I was only at the Ramor games this year but from our side I do think Matthew Smith could be looking at a call up for the county. Especially if the new rules come in, young Nulty caught the eye whenever he came on the sheer pace alone although I would say next year will tell a lot with him. Young mc Crystal had a good year also. The two Bradys from Ballyhaise seemed to have good competitions also.

If the new rules come in it could be brilliant for us as we have plenty of speedy corner forwards who may be a bit light for intercounty football as it stands but the new rules will open it up again for speedy corner forwards.

On a side note some of them scores in the minor game yesterday while wind assisted were top drawer and them lads will give the stars a fair boost over the next few years

Be interesting to see how Crosserlough do against Kilcoo . Kilcoo hammered Kingscourt and Ramor before and those games were in Breffni. Crosserlough have a lot players over 6th and probaly a bigger team in size then kilcoo who are a through the hands running team.

Mckeon was very good for Kingscourt. Good size and both feet. They have 5 or 6 players who will be looking to get onto their Senior team next year. Shekelton solid at centre back. Southern Gaels lost their best forward in training last week. Shane Donahoe,dislocated the shoulder.

Southern Gaels would probaly be unhappy with a few of the goals conceded. Was it the first or 2nd goal that was punched into the net on the ground? Looked a bit controversial. The 3rd goal was poor defending.

I know the attendance was poor but was there any sightings of Geoff

You could ask his 2nd reincarnation who recently joined here.

Poor form. Obviously it wasn't personal issues rather €€€

Taking the Leitrim job wasn't outside of his control though. There was other jobs available instead of taking up the offer of Leitrim, like Westmeath, or a coach with Roscommon. But just leaving after 2 monthd looks poor.

If players weren't going to commit , he should have discussed before taking over. He was in the backroom team in 23 so would know the players.

You would usually know unless he didn't discuss it with the players beforehand. Dessie Dolan stepped down in Westmeath because there was going to be departures.

Be interesting to see what he can bring to the Galway attack. They were very wasteful in the All Ireland final.

I think it's poor form but probably the best decision for both parties long term even though there might be sour grapes now.

Mickey is not a man to build from scratch and once a lot of the lads he had in mind weren't available it was no longer a job for him. Additionally if Leitrim can find a man who's genuinely enthused by the task and is looking to make a name for himself, they're better off than stuck with someone who's heart is not in it.

Why would a sports game be delayed because a few lads claim to have had a tummy bug? From the look of the size of their panel before the game, Ramor had more than enough lads available.

Bad form from their management with their interview after the game bemoaning the weather. It was the same for both teams when the ball was thrown in.

Forget the excuses. The better team on the day won.

A great few days in Skintown and a superb way to round off the week with the stand opening in honour of a tremendous clubman on Saturday.

Nobody said he wasn’t entitled to an opinion but don’t use the weather as an excuse. His players weren’t doing what he told them and that wasn’t down to the weather. He was shouting at them to move the ball through the hands quickly and they didn’t.

Also, Liam Brady came out to the middle of the field and only made a few handpasses but blocked up the whole running channel for them.

For our potential county goalkeeper, he was very poor on the first goal. Why in gods name did a player of his experience allow that ball to bounce in those conditions? Sure with the wet sod, it could slip anywhere, like it did.

I agree on the weather, but blaming Brady for the goal is very harsh. Ball was carried by a gale force wind and James Smith was under it. Sure, he didn't get a touch it looks like, but Brady couldn't have known that. It happened very fast and if he went for the bouncing ball he could well have been caught by Smith getting a fist to the ball. It was very dynamic and had to choose. It was a very tough choice in the conditions

Yeah was a bad bug doing the rounds in the Ramor camp all week and that explains the substitutions. No excuses though lack of a mobile full forward really cost Ramor. Ado is lethal if the ball is played to him but it was impossible to judge in that wind.

Also the Lough defended so well in the first half they left Ramor with no option but to try the long shots, i think 11 wides in the first half.

The weather according to the Ballyhaise Met Eireann station didn't record a gust within yellow warning territory, still had a massive impact on the game & it could have been postponed but with tickets already sold it was never going to happen. If it was cash at the gate id imagine it may have been different.

Both teams had to play the conditions and the better team throughout the competition won so no complaints from me.

Tynan missed the game, he was back in hospital so his alter ego was correct.