tayto lover wrote: » It would be hard to name a man of the match for either team. The Cavan defence were good, some good blocks. The short hand-passing game is hard to watch at times i.e. 10 short passes and ending up going backwards in order to keep possession. The number of back passes was unbelievable. Oisin Minagh no. 4 was good I thought and Barkey no. 6. Conor Madden (22) won some great ball but did a lot of fumbling. Barry Reilly (11) was always available but his shooting in the first half was poor. He did score a few long-range frees in the 2nd half though. Louth were 2 ahead with 12 mins remaining but Cavan reeled off 4 in a row.
Lemlin wrote: » How did Turloc Mooney do at full back? Hyland seems to be trying him there but it appears (from the Twitter feed) that he was taken off early in the second half so perhaps the experiment didn't work.
Syferus wrote: » Cavan played a new 15 for the second half and were 0-10 to 1-5 up at HT. It'd be wrong to read much of anything into the FT score.
Hammar wrote: » Teams with a few blanks 1st half O Mara McLoughlin Dunne Tighe McEnroe A Clarke F Flanagan D McKiernan ???????? M Reilly J Brady R Flanagan Tierney Dunne ????? 2nd Half Millar K Clarke ?????? ?????? ?????? Meehan Podge McCutcheon D Reilly Murray B Reilly M McKeever N McDermott Givney Keating
scoopmine wrote: » First of all with all the disruptions for fans I really this game should have been moved out of Brewster. There has been very little talk of Fermanagh which worries me and even though few Cavan fans are expecting a easy game there is a sense we are better than Fermanagh. We need a big game from midfield and more primary possession. I would start with the same 15 bar injuries as the lads deserve their chance. I expect to see Barry Reilly come on as the type of game should should him. Also Declan McKiernan should feature coming on as his style and strength will be a bonas with Corr not likely to play. A lot depends on Keating as our ball winner in the final third he has really become a top class player but needs to be more aware of what is around and maybe stop the Hollywood shots. Half backs McEnroe,A Clarke, F Flanagan we could not have 3 better players ready for a dogfight. Also with Martin Reilly, Mckeever and the previous mentioned players I would be confident. Read on another site that Miller and Mooney dropped of the panel? Could just be rumours and I hope so.
celt262 wrote: » Cormac Reilly is referee for this game i would not be happy with that. You say there is no talk of Fermanagh well there is less of Cavan. All that is coming out of the Fermanagh camp is the amount of "Injuries" they have.
Lemlin wrote: » I really don't understand that. There are referees all over the country so why appoint one from a neighbouring county where there is a well known rivalry. Reilly gave us nothing in the U21 semi last year and I wouldn't be surprised to see the same this Sunday. It's a joke of an appointment.
celt262 wrote: » Have we had him in a Senior game since then?
tayto lover wrote: » Some of my Kingscourt friends are not happy at all that Cormac Reilly is refereeing this game. They feel he has it in for Cavan. Anyone know if a county can object to a particular referee being appointed to their game? Hope Cavan win this.
Lemlin wrote: » Most of the county of Meath has it in for Cavan! There's always been a big rivalry there. It just doesn't make sense. Referees from bordering counties shouldn't be refereeing games.
Hammer Archer wrote: » I think that's a bit of an exaggeration. I've no doubt that there's a big rivalry between Cavan and people from, say, Oldacastle or Kells (I won't mention the stones) due to these places being close to the border. But for most Meath fans further south and east, especially younger ones who wouldn't have witnessed Cavan at their peak, they wouldn't consider Cavan as rivals. For me, Dublin and Kildare would be the main rivals due to my proximity to both followed closely by Louth and then Westmeath. Those down towards Ballinabrackey would probably consider Offaly as rivals as well. As far as I know, Cormac is from the Donore area where Louth and Dublin would be the main two rivals I'd say. He may have been poor in the U21 semi final but I doubt it if it was because it was Cavan, especially seeing as ye were playing Cork. And in a perfect world, referees from bordering counties wouldn't referee games. But in reality, this would put far too many constraints on appointing referees. For example, for Tipperary this would mean referees from nine counties (Tipp and the eight counties it borders) wouldn't be allowed referee their games, and that's without taking their opponents' bordering counties into account.
Lemlin wrote: » Starting 15 named: 1. Conor Gilsenan (Bailieborough Shamrocks) 2. Jason McLoughlin (Shannon Gaels) 3. Rory Dunne (Redhills) 4. Killian Clarke (Shercock) 5. James McEnroe (Ramor United) 6. Alan Clarke (Kingscourt) Captain 7. Ronan Flanagan (Castlerahan) 8. Damien O'Reilly (Belturbet) 9. David Givney (Mountnugent) 10. Cian Mackey (Castlerahan) 11. Jack Brady (Ramor United) 12. Feargal Flanagan (Butlersbridge) 13. Niall McDermott (Ballinagh) 14. Martin Dunne (Cavan Gaels) 15. Eugene Keating (Saint Sylvesters) It's the 15 that were named to start against Armagh. Only change was Killian Brady in for Jack due to injury. Jack came on for last ten minutes.
Lemlin wrote: » The closer the weekend gets the more worried I'm getting to be honest. Bookies have Cavan at 4/5, Fermanagh at 11/8 so we're favourites. Looking at the Pools thread most people expect us to win. The game this weekend just seems to have an air of the Louth Wexford game about it. Everyone expected Louth to win and they didn't. Putting the poor referee and sending off after eight minutes to one side, Fermanagh were the better team in the League match back in March. I know the scoreboard showed they were two points better at the end but we never looked like winning that game and were lucky that their forwards were poor in the second half or it could have been a significant loss. Last year against us they were the better team for most of the game until a Gearoid McKiernan wondershow allowed us to score 3-2 or 3-3 in the space of ten minutes and win the match. Gearoid isn't there this year and Fermanagh won't be as naive again. I'd expect Fermanagh to play the same way this Sunday as in the League game. They will literally pack out the backline and there'll be plenty of cynical fouling and niggling at players. There'll be very little or no room to move for our forwards. If you're a neutral, I wouldn't be expecting much of a game to watch. I think Jack Brady could be key. He's capable of a huge performance but he hasn't produced it in a senior jersey for Cavan yet. The whole issue re the G8 is a farce as well. I know people who haven't missed a Cavan game in years that won't be attending because of the travel arrangements. There's talk of 4 to 5 checkpoints along the way and supporters have been told to allow at least an extra hour for travelling. When the game is on television, its put plenty of people off. Fair enough Fermanagh were due a home game so it should have been moved to a different weekend.
dxhound2005 wrote: » I agree that the game should have been postponed for a week. But now that it is going ahead I don't know why you would describe the arrangements as a farce. Maybe they will turn out to be in retrospect but asking people to allow an extra hour and to expect to walk for about 15 minutes seems reasonable enough to me in the circumtances.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cavan-urge-fans-not-to-let-g8-stop-them-travelling-for-enniskillen-clash-29337973.htmlhttp://ulster.gaa.ie/2013/06/fermanagh-v-cavan-event-ticketing-info/
Lemlin wrote: » The closer the weekend gets the more worried I'm getting to be honest. Bookies have Cavan at 4/5, Fermanagh at 11/8 so we're favourites. Looking at the Pools thread most people expect us to win. The game this weekend just seems to have an air of the Louth Wexford game about it. Everyone expected Louth to win and they didn't. Putting the poor referee and sending off after eight minutes to one side, Fermanagh were the better team in the League match back in March. I know the scoreboard showed they were two points better at the end but we never looked like winning that game and were lucky that their forwards were poor in the second half or it could have been a significant loss. Last year against us they were the better team for most of the game until a Gearoid McKiernan wondershow allowed us to score 3-2 or 3-3 in the space of ten minutes and win the match. Gearoid isn't there this year and Fermanagh won't be as naive again. I'd expect Fermanagh to play the same way this Sunday as in the League game. They will literally pack out the backline and there'll be plenty of cynical fouling and niggling at players. There'll be very little or no room to move for our forwards. If you're a neutral, I wouldn't be expecting much of a game to watch. I think Jack Brady could be key. He's capable of a huge performance but he hasn't produced it in a senior jersey for Cavan yet.
