You can add Kingscourt and Baileboro to that mix too, both fielding multiple teams at different age grades buoyed by massive population growth in towns in east of the county.
It is going to get even more starker in years to come between the strongest and weakest clubs. Mentioned before but should really have a similar model to Westmeath where the likes of strongest clubs' reserve teams can move into Junior championship and have relegation from there to a Junior B, should happen in Cavan too but we know it won't
Whats the connection that Redhills are joined with Drumalee. Redhills is 8 or 9 mile from Cavan town
Senior games are all on at 2pm next Sunday
I see ballygunner in Waterford are going to have 2 senior teams competing in the senior hurling championship next year.
Afaik and could be wrong, originally there was a Redbridge underage amalgamation years ago between Bultersbridge and Redhills, then Drumalee joined when their numbers went low and obviously a neighbouring club of the Bridge but soon after they went out on own when their numbers increased leaving Redhills and Drumalee in an unnatural amalgamation.
Thought Lough v Kingscourt would be in Virgina instead of Cootehill.
Almost certain they don't have clubs hosting a game when their team is playing at same time like would be the case here with Ramor playing Gowna in Lavey.
Yeah exactly this. You need local club volunteers for this, and Ramor would be at their own game
Ah ok, forgot. Just seems a bit out of the way for both.
The new rules don't allow weaker teams to have 15 men sitting in their own half taking all the space away or to commit cynical fouls to slow up the game. The gulf was always there but the old rules allowed the weaker teams to not be beaten by as much. I certainly do not want to go back to that.
Another thing we have get used to is larger score lines now, a 10 - 12 point lead generally used to be insurmountable that can now we wiped out in 10 - 15 minutes of football. Winning margins are also going to be wider where the better teams generally have more options for 2 pointers, look at the All Ireland final or even just back to the Gowna game at the weekend - they had 7 x 2 pointers by 6 different players, Mullahoran got 3.
Yeah, use of the wind a big consideration now too. If you're against it second half against opposition with decent kickers, you'd better make hay first half.
You certainly can't sit back even if you have a big lead either as Mullahoran found out, sat way too far back off Gowna in the second half of their game and let Gowna go for 2 pointers which they did.
Disgraceful dragging Ballinagh and Laragh all the way to Miltown in West Cavan.
What are the odds on the draw for Senior coming out the way that it did
1V2, 3v4,5v6,7v8,9v10 ,11v12 in the table😂.Draws should be done in the open
0.00962% (≈ 1 in 10,395).
Fat men in gilets have no shame.
any update on S&C and physio for McCabe’s backroom team?
The “draws” are a farce. Earlier in the year I was chatting to a man whose club played on a Sunday afternoon. He was amazed how many of another club’s supporters and players were there. He then expected it and they got them in the “draw” that evening.
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Laragh/Ballinagh to Milltown is a 20-25min drive max for either club. They'll not have to pack a flask. Kingscourt to the Park is 40mins.
That probability also include that each team can only draw 8 potential other teams last draw? It is a long shot alright, but can be statistically more probable once the first few matchings line up, as you're left with only certain match ups allowed. Look at the last 3 games drawn. Laragh can't play Ramor or Ballyhaise, Gowna can't play Ballinagh or Mullahoran and so on, the draw starts to right itself with what can be allowed
The same odds as every other draw presuming large_pallete hasn't taking into account repeat pairings into his calculations :D
Talks of the Ballinagh lads having to stay is the Russell the night before to break up the journey
it didn’t do Donegal much harm 😀
I was going to raise the same point. It looks odd but the given that certain teams can only draw each other and that there are a small number of choices, it really isn't a case of "the county board" pulling a stroke.
Seen something online on Hogan stand website about an incident in a club game in Cavan over the weekend, trying to figure out what it was ? It was mentioned in an article about a Wicklow game
Do you actually believe that rubbish?
No smoke without fire and all that crap
There was an article put on one of those click bait websites yesterday but it was refering to the incident that happened in the Bridge Knockbride involving one of the bridge backroom team from previous weekend, mentioned here last week. Haven't heard the outcome with disciplinares on it but from the video looked a very dirty act, forcefully kneeing someone in the head whilst they were on the ground.
It was also a quirk that happened to be that 1 v 2, 3 v 4 etc hadn't met each other yet. There is no way that table could be seen as pulling a stroke. And once those match ups were possible, it was probable once the first few drawn out came out that way as lots of the other teams left could not face each other. Indeed, it is likely that when Killygarry came out first, Arva likely came out next but had to go to game 2 as they couldn't meet again. Draw ends up going easily the way it did then
