The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

County board are some craic. €15 into minor Division 4 final on Sunday because it’s in Breffni and they’re afraid someone might hang around for semi finals. Charging parents that to watch their kids is a disgrace.

Hearing Vinny Corey in with a shout for the U20’s job and will be announced when Gowna are finished in the Championship. McCarthy was involved with Clones early in the year not sure where he is at the minute, very good coach.

Their U16s won the Division 3 championship today but were an amalgamation with Ballymachugh - Emerald Gaels. They have been amalgamating with Denn at at minor the last few years but Denn won’t need that again for a while.

It was fairly poor fare to be honest. Low scoring and both teams relying on older players. McKenna for Laragh is a power house. A huge presence at midfield and they’d the pick of the forwards on display in Paul Smith.

Niall McDermott didn’t have one of his best days and was hooked early. Cormac Timoney and McEvoy have also had better games. Evan Finnegan tried hard but started going for two pointers and missing them or dropping them short when a score would have done.

What’s the predictions for the senior semi finals tomorrow?? Hard to call the winner in either game in my view. Hopefully two cracking games.

I’ve one right and one wrong so far this weekend. I think Ramor & Gowna today.

Fintan Reilly was supposed to be favourite for the U20s. It would be strange if Corey went from managing Monaghan seniors to a local rival as U20 manager.

McCabe is obviously quite involved and integral to the appointment of the u20’s manager as the county board have stated they want them to work closely together. Fintan Reilly will make up part of McCabe’s back room team so could potentially be involved with the u20’s. Vinny Corey currently involved with Gowna so there’s another connection with McCabe. Time will tell a lot but the back room team for Seniors and U20’s manager should have been confirmed weeks.

There was a big difference in quality/intensity between both games today . Ramor trying to sleep walk to another final and they ultimately got caught out in the end . Every time I watch them they flatter to deceive, I wish they would just go and attack games and play with a bit more edge.

I've been saying this for years. Ramor first ten minutes against Gowna in the final replay a few years ago. 1-7 after 8 minutes should have been the blueprint going forward as there definitely is the talent to put teams away.

All hope is not lost though there's a serious bunch of young ladss in the club who take the mantle in the next couple of years, so will be there or thereabouts for the foreseeable..

Looks like McCabe won’t talk to the Celt or We Are Cavan. Fitzpatrick mentioned it in another article at the weekend and then retweeted an article about a soccer club in England banning their local paper.

He took time out yesterday to speak to Cavstream though I’m told ahead of the game and heap plenty of praise on them.

He could well be. He used to come on at HT to do the stats in some games.

He mentioned he'll have a few U20s next year training with the Senior panel. Spoke about been impressed with a few players from Intermediate and Junior. Nathan De Kleer is possibly one.

De Kleer would have doing a lot of angling. He was on the Ireland U16 team a few years ago. I remember watching him last year in a Minor final and he was excellent.

You hardly blame him for not wanting to talk to lads who have been chipping away at him the past few years.