The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

The "get behind the manager" is the biggest load of cod I've ever heard. It is tantamount to not being able to offer an opinion on the direction of travel of Cavan GAA and just accepting as is. All hail Dermot.

Our underage development has been a shambles for over a decade. FACT.

We won 2 games this sason: FACT

A number of players who were on the panel were not brought in that would have made the team stronger: FACT

We have shown a repeated inability to see out tight games: FACT

All this nonsense of "getting behind the manager"…why? Has he made the slightest effort to sell his "vision" to the people who are supposed to be turning out in droves to support him? He is an All Star legend of a footballer who is very intelligent, a very impressive speaker and yet we know absolutely nothing about him because he won't talk to our local media. Which speaks ill of him having very thin skin (which is a prerequisite for a manager).

If the manager wants us to get behind him, the least he could do is do some explaining on what he's done so far this season. I've been at most of the games, there's not much to cling onto as a supporter.

It's 1984 stuff where fans are being told that we put it up to a division 3 team and lost by 11 points as a sign of progress. Don't believe the evidence of your eyes.

see what Louth are doing with there development squads and schools real progress and forward thinking there not like what is going on in Cavan! Who gives a toss about a super stadium but we all want decent teams that have the best players in the county playing and are prepared to the best possible standards that they can be ! Then they will have no problem raising money or selling tickets but I know I won’t be buying anymore tickets for a white elephant project until they put football first.

How are Fermangh getting on in Ulster competitions?

Are these Development squads working in the majority of counties or are they just leading to lads been overlooked and then having little or no chance of making a county panel later on? They are been used by clubs who have coaches involved to get as many of there own club lads on the panels so you would wonder what the actual point of the whole thing is.

The GDM even said himself that they are developing players for the clubs and not county panels and they would be lucky to get 1 or 2 any year to go on and play Senior for Cavan.

They need to be ran properly to be worthwhile look at the progress Louth have made by investing in coaching in schools and there squads and that is a county which would have a big enough pull towards soccer aswell.

On your last point, yes if it is done right but they players need to not just be brought through they need to be good enough to play intercounty Senior football, we have lads who are on the panel now and its debatable if they are.

Fermanagh have very little to work with but at least they are making an effort.

What other counties are you aware of that coaches are using squads to develop players from their own clubs?

As others have said, unless you’ve a very strong squad, 1-2 players is all you’d to get from an underage squad. You are however bringing up the quality level in the county.

If you don’t like the current method, what’s your alternative system to develop players for juvenile squads and eventually senior?

Well you know who is responsible for running them. As others have said here, our development plans have amounted to copying other counties templates poorly.

The ‘dads and lads’ approach that was attempted at one stage turned out to be an absolute mess.

Quite extraordinary that at a Co Board meeting the day after our senior mens disastrous season ends, brought ZERO conversation or questions on the season as a whole. Even I am shocked by that. What a bunch of gutless pussies our Clubs and Club delegates are. Delegates should take up knitting or something harmless like that. What a joke.

Too busy managing the county u15s.

You should get signed in as a proxy for the next one and tell them what you think.

I doubt they'd be too interested in my club in Sligo but I tell you one thing, there would be fireworks if I went in there so feel free to get your club to nominate me and ill show you what having a pair of balls looks like.

Yes it would be much better someone living in the county to speak up but from where im standing I see you and your club proud of your cowardice and afraid of losing what exactly if you speak up. But bottom line you are Cowards.

Lot of hurling talk at it.

You say you live in Sligo and are connected a club. They lost to Fermanagh by 22 points last week in the Tailteann.

I look forward to reading the headlines when you deliver your attack on their board. They seem to be in a worse situation than us.

Cuchulainns beating Crosserlough a surprise result tonight. Crosserlough had been unbeaten. Lynch is in America. Any others missing?