The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

WAC have said he wasn’t asked back in? Are you saying that’s incorrect?

To be honest, has he played that much in the last couple of years? I criticised the podcast lads last year when they picked his absence out against Meath as a key factor in the loss. The fact is he’s played a lot of football starting his intercounty career early and, if memory serves me correctly, he’s been missing more than he’s been available for the last 24 months.

He was one of the players actually named last year by the individual involved with the 2024 management who told me they walked away because Galligan wasn’t willing to make the changes required to the panel.

Clarke went through the lads cut on the podcast and I wouldn’t have any issue with some of them being left at home. It’s harsh I know but some have been given opportunities and were poor.

I’m saying this as someone who is not in any way a supporter of the Gowna Development Manager. I don’t see the issue as who has been cut though by him - the issue is the man is in a development job the last 12 years and has developed little or nothing.

As the mylestheslasher says above, we’ve a county board full of cowards that he bosses around.

I assume he is referring to the u20 coach and the club he is the senior manager for. Tbh I would have no issue with most of those 6 selected, maybe one of them wasn't on minor panels but all the rest were. The division they were put in for the u20 championship is a separate issue to county selection. I am surprised no one from Shercock on it,were 3 or 4 of that minor team (u18) that should of won a Division 1 league last year and played in senior Division 2 league final and intermediate championship, on college teams and prior Cavan underage panel's but suddenly not good enough for u20 one, I know some underage again next year but so are half a dozen or more of this years panel.

Predictions for tomorrow?

I thought Clarke threw a bit of shade re the U20s also when it was mentioned about Shercock being in Div 2 this year. He stated last year that Shercock for the League didn’t have him, Sean Clarke and 3 minor/U20 lads that they’ll have this year because they were cut.

I’d certainly have no issue with 4 of them but, like I said, I don’t see how a team that were in Division 2 U20 can have such a strong representation on the county panel. Either the grading of the team was grossly wrong or they shouldn’t have six players on the panel. One or the other has to be wrong.

And this is something we’ve seen at numerous age levels over the years. I’ve given multiple examples on here. Then we all wonder why our county team is the way it is.

Re ages, there are several lads on the U20 panel just out of county minor - Quigley, McConnell & Graham for example. They are all still minor club this year.

Sounds like pub talk to be honest. Our “dear leader” as you call him is not the type to back down and admit he was wrong.

Killian Clarke even commented that a run of poor results wouldn’t bother McCabe whatsoever.

I wonder if someone wrote to the county board and said they spent €** attending League games last year and now they’re null and void essentially, what the response would be?

The relegation and promotion games for example were particularly pointless.

Say what you like about the manager, he can’t go out on the field and kick the ball over the bar for them.

Congrats to our dear leader on his first win today

A good win. Although the scoreline flattered Kildare in the end. The amount of chances we created in the first half and dropped short or easy wides. Pity Lynch wasn't fit for the Meath game.

Louth will be tough a game but a must win I think, we don't want to be going to Celtic park needing a win either.

Sickening that we had the two form teams in the division bet, until the last few minutes, really seen the nerves kicking in today in the last 3 or 4 minutes.

Conor Brady made a vital interception as if it had got through they would have had a 3 on 1 and game over

No he was pulled from the starting lineup. I got mixed up on the original post so many bradys.

No team is to be taken lightly but it would appear that our Div 2 survival hinges on the Louth game. They didn't like seeing us winning yesterday and we didn't like seeing them get points out of Tyrone. Hard to see this team getting any change above in Celtic Park, unless our shooting percentages improve. But you have to lay down some sort of marker given they're on our side of the Ulster draw.

As for championship form, and I know it's still February, but it'll take a brave performance to usurp Donegal in Ulster. They are way ahead of the pack. Armagh threw the kitchen sink at them yesterday but they've too many high calibre players in key positions. They're so well set up both in attack and defence. And they have a conveyor belt of talent coming through judging by that bench impact. I'd love to get a look at their S&C program. Their power running and physicality is mightily impressive and if it was any other team you'd say they were at risk of peaking too early. But you suspect that they have another gear , which is a depressing thought for the rest of us.

Granted Div 1 is a shark tank but Monaghan appear ripe for the drop next year. If we can secure our Div 2 status I don't see why we can't give them a good rattle in April.

I'd agree mostly. The Tyrone game looking a huge outlier. First 2 games we were winning, and we learned enough for Kildare game on how to close it out which is vital

I would still hazard caution. Kildare looked out of ideas, missing 2 important players, and took GMac coming on to turn that tide. We had 32 shots, scored 13 of them (with 3 x 2 pointers). We have to be better at the % against Louth. Carolan may not be fit, Brian O'Connell was walking wounded too. Need those guys to keep Louth at bay. But hopefully a win switches things and pushes us on. As anything, things are not usually as good or bad they seem

Very slow in attack, we do turnover a fair bit of ball but piss about with it and let the opposition get set up before attacking.

All in all what the games have shown is that the margins are so slim in this division. 2 last minute 2 pointers conceded the difference between fighting for promotion or relegation.

I do think we will stay up. Louth and Kildare have a harder run in than us. Vital we beat Louth though although I wouldn't put it past us to beat Louth and lose to Offaly

Decimated by injuries? They had one certain starter out injured in feely. Beirne suspended so that makes two out from there available team. Full of kids, f*** me Kildare always going through a transiton period good enough to beat them when they look down on other counties when they've achieved nothing. Can only beat whats infront of you.

Louth? We always perform well against them, Don't remember the last time we lost to them. They barely got by Offaly, fair enough they bet a shite Tyrone team, we never can beat them so I would scratch the idea that they are good because they bet Tyrone. It will be a tight game but Cavan by 3+