The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Yep, i think that's a pretty rotten draw for us. It's statistically almost impossible that in a supposedly random draw we would get 21 away games out of 25, 1st day out. I can see staying up and staying in sam being very difficult this year.

Westmeath played some good football in the league under McCabe but had a trend of throwing away games. That followed into the Tailtean Cup. They lost to limerick and then Wicklow in the quarter finals. Had been 8pts up in the second half ,but didn't see it out.

Kingscourt have been terrible so far. This is a bad showing for Cavan Senior football. Faulkner is obviously a loss but not all down to him.

Very good comeback to bring it to extra time. Cian Shekelton can offer the County team a lot on that form.

Cuchullains looked a better side than Kingscourt

Over run in extra time. Erne Gaels had a lot of pace and more sharper. They played the Fermanagh Co final and replay since the Cavan final. Why did the Co board need to play the Co final so early? The dates for Ulster are known well in advance.

Shelkton was a Co minor in 2017 when they got to the All Ireland Semi. He would be 25 now.

The intermediate was a great game. I really worried for Cucus in the first 20 minutes. Irvinestown much the better team. Then, even when Cucus would get a goal to pull away, they’d chip at the lead until they pulled them back level.

Like the county final though, Cuchulainns were impressive at showing their class when under pressure. Niall McGee and Tobin were very good. Is it just me or does Niall Carolan not really stand out in club football? I know it’s a lazy analysis of county footballers but I’ve to come to expect alot of him.

I wouldn't read too much into the unbeaten record. Tyrones structure is very different to ours with the knockout championship. I remember when Drumlane got to the Ulster final a few years ago people were blowing up the unbeaten Tyrone team on that occasion and Drumlane should have won that .

I think it will be a 50 50 game in two weeks time, the game yesterday will bring on the Cucus a lot .. Irvinestown were a very good outfit.

On a separate note, can anyone explain how Glenullin from Derry are still playing in the Ulster intermediate? They are in it every year at this stage . Talk about taking the biscuit.

Decided to take a look at our record in Ulster compared to other counties since Cavan Gaels got to that Ulster final in 2017.

It really is abysmal.

Down 11 Wins 4 Losses

Derry 9 Wins 4 losses

Monaghan 8 Wins 6 losses

Donegal 6 Wins 5 Losses

Fermanagh 5 Win 6 Losses

Tyrone 5 Wins 5 Losses

Armagh 3 Wins 6 Losses

Antrim 1 Win 6 Losses

Cavan 0 Wins 6 Losses

What is the issue with Cavan Club football at Senior Level?

That is true.

Yeah Cavan Gaels were the only team capable of getting a win alright but should they have done better given their dominance?

Gaels from 2004 - 2010 should have won at least 1 or 2 Ulsters. They were one of the best club teams in the country at that time . There were a few things that went against them in my view :

1 Discipline - they were notoriously in disciplined. They finished an Ulster quarter final with 12 men one year i remember.

2. Ulster was stacked with heavy hitters back then. Crossmaglen, St Galls, Ballinderry etc. Gaels generally lost to the would be winners most years. The quality of Ulster thas diminished a lot since them days in my opinion.

That Gaels team would have had no issues with Erne Gaels if they were around today.

How many clubs per capita have we compared to those other counties?

If you ask me, a lot of the issues in this county come back to having too many clubs. Demographics is now starting to sort that out it appears.

We’ve had an issue of quantity over quality for years now.

Plus when Cavan Gaels were successful they had a very big panel. Anthony Forde and Michael Lyng increased the quality.

Slaughneil in Derry are a small rural club. Not near the numbers of Cavan Gaels.

That could be worth doing an exercise on alright.

Interesting point on geographics though... Population is heavily weighted towards the east if the county and the satellite / suburb areas around Cavan town.

Is it a case we've too many clubs in some parts of the county and too few in others.

In fairness to Crosserlough they were only in Ulster once in recent years and should've beat a Kilcoo team which slaughtered Scotstown the next day out... Hard done by a couple of black cards if I remember right.

Ramor had a couple of very poor performances to be fair. Beaten by first time champions Maghery from Armagh and hammered by Kilcoo.

Castlerahan getting beat by Glenties 3 days after winning Donegal championship was an embarrassing one .

Missed opportunity for a Gowna or Crosserlough in Ulster this year to right the wrongs of the last 3 years