The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Cavan_King

Caoimhin O’Reilly apparently heading abroad. Not even expected to be about for the Bridge’s next League game.

mylestheslasher

5pm on Saturday in Longford for the Roscommon game.

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122219473#Comment_122219473

Saturday the 15th.

rrs

The Minors playing Tyrone again in the Tier 2 Championship on Saturday at 2.

Blue47

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122221676#Comment_122221676

And a great win too

KeepTheFaith

Any chance of a double header in Longford next weekend?

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122235573#Comment_122235573

Who is next?

Cavan_King

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122235889#Comment_122235889

Kildare beat Donegal it appears in the other semi final in Clones today. 3-12 to 1-13.

mylestheslasher

Well done to the minors, great to beat Tyrone again in underage, seems like a long time since we did that. If they could win this out it would go some way to lift the gloom over our underage performances of late.

rrs

Cavanagh talking about playing against Cavan as the worst experience he faced in his career. Wasn't it Nicholas Walsh who was marking him?

27 min in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKV6CncEZ7Q&t=1077s

Akabusi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122237788#Comment_122237788

That's correct it was Walsh and I don't doubt that he was at that but the irony of a Tyrone man giving out about the dark arts.

I thought we'd win that day but Paul Brady getting sent of for a horrible stamp probably ruined our chance.

etuzyuk

Great to get to Tier 2 final for the minors, some very good teams in that competition. Lads can be very hot and cold at that age so good to get a few days out and grow into the competition and gain a bit of confidence. As the lad said, you'll learn nothing sitting at home.

We played 2 very strong teams in the group stages in Ulster, they're both through to the Tier 1 semi finals after big wins at the weekend. We weren't that far away from them and very sweet to get some revenge on Tyrone after pipping us to an Ulster SF spot. Would be a brilliant achievement to go on and lift a cup now.

KeepTheFaith

Final 12.30 in Navan on Saturday.

Kildare topped their group in Leinster and lost to Dublin by a point. Beat Galway and Donegal in the tier then. So you'd expect them to be very strong.

rrs

Its live on TG4 YouTube for anyone that can't make it

All-Ireland MFC Tier 2 final
Cavan v Kildare, Pairc Tailteann, 12.30pm - TG4 YouTube 

manofwisdom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122242904#Comment_122242904

would have made more sense to have it as a double header with the senior game in Longford on Saturday.

KeepTheFaith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122242992#Comment_122242992

Absolutely, it might have padded the attendance for the Senior. Cavan support is bound to be withering after the last two games. Perhaps they're playing the minor games early on a Saturday to suit lads doing exams?

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122242992#Comment_122242992

Or before the Kildare game Sunday

Bummer1234

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122242992#Comment_122242992

That would make far to much sense for the gaa!

rrs

Down beat Westmeath on Saturday In the Tier 3 final. Is there a need for 3 Tiers?. It might suit Leitrim or Carlow but Down are generally decent underage.

Cavan_King

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122243799#Comment_122243799

The majority of U17 county lads are not doing exams. You’d have a few of the younger 16 year old lads doing the JC but it’s pretty much over by Friday.

mylestheslasher

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mylestheslasher

New job or a replacement?

Cavan_King

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122252240#Comment_122252240

New job. No chance of the man you are thinking of being replaced until he decides he doesn’t want the job.

Great to see we’ve our minors in an All Ireland final, all be it a B one, only up the road in Navan, yet a near full schedule of U14 games go ahead at 12 on Saturday.

rrs

They are looking to change the format of the All Ireland series next year

A competition structure previously used in the Kerry senior football championship is considered the early favourite to replace the current All-Ireland SFC round-robin format.

The idea of a knock-out Sam Maguire Cup with second chances for counties defeated in the first round gained support at roadshow meetings in Munster on Monday and Leinster on Tuesday this week.

It is the first of six options put forward by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to change the All-Ireland senior football championship.

The last 16 (Round 1) would comprise the eight provincial finalists in one bowl and the seven best league finishers and Tailteann Cup winners from the previous year.

In Round 2A, the eight winners from the last 16 would face off to earn four All-Ireland quarter-final places while in Round 2B the eight losers would compete to avoid elimination and qualify to face the Round 2A losers in Round 3 for the remaining four last-eight spots.The document reads: “It is a proposal the CCCC are recommending that counties give serious consideration as it has the potential to ease congestion in the calendar and create a greater ‘level’ of jeopardy than the current structure with its four-team round-robin groups.” The second-round winners and losers structure was in place in Kerry between 2002 and ’19 and has been in operation in other counties such as Laois.

Another option the CCCC see merit in is provincial champions going through to the All-Ireland quarter-finals and the other 12 teams competing in four groups of three to join them. However, that would mean a five-week wait to the last-eight games for the Connacht and Munster winners and four for the Leinster and Ulster victors.

The four other suggestions are listed but not endorsed by the CCCC – the introduction of a third tier All-Ireland SFC for Division 3 and 4 teams, a return to knock-out Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup games post-provincIn compiling the proposals, the CCCC acknowledged the lack of jeopardy in the current system whereby three teams from four qualify for the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. They also highlighted the need for a gap week between the league finals and commencement of the provincial championships at the same time minimising the break between teams going out of the provinces and their first Sam Maguire/Tailteann Cup game.

This year, Monaghan had a six-week gap between losing an Ulster opener to Cavan and facing Kerry in their first Sam Maguire group fixture.ial, operating the provincial championships on a tiered basis as per the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup and starting the inter-county season with the provincial championships followed by the Allianz Leagues and then a round-robin All-Ireland.

tazman06

Team is named, McVeety back in the 26. Conor Madden in too

mogue77

its great to see Mcveety back. No killian Clarke, killian is badly missed around the middle of the field he was having a very good league campaign.

Cavan_King

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122258993#Comment_122258993

I would love to see James Smith & Ryan Donohoe together at midfield. The two best midfielders in the county.

tazman06

No Gunner which I just realised

mylestheslasher

Killian had a hand injury, at least I'm sure Ray said that on an interview. You'd have thought that would clear up. I go in hope rather than expectation tomorrow. Rossies should be better than us by 4/5 points.

mylestheslasher

Team on Facebook has Gunner and Paddy Meade on subs too?