The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Ah now, I’m not the resident Damien Donohoe bodyguard on this thread but to say he should be sacked because of that is a bit much and going way too far.

He certainly didn’t give all the info on the podcast from what I’ve heard since. He painted the frozen pitch as another example of the bad luck they’ve been having but I’m not sure what was expected trying to train at 8am in the middle of a run of frosty nights.

I said from the start on here that he was in over his head getting that role and, unfortunately, I’ve been shown to be correct.

Just a pity the chance for Daragh McCarthy to take on the role has been missed. His success with Butlersbridge only makes the selection all the more galling.

Re Antrim, I’m not sure what can be done. The pitch they are suggesting only holds 3,700 supporters. Is it fair on Cavan supporters that they miss out on their first chance of attending a championship game in three years? The 2019 Tyrone qualifier was the last game a crowd could attend.

I may be the unluckiest match-going Cavan fan, but from personal experience I can say that there is a significant cohort of Cavan fans who go to matches who are the whiniest supporters on the planet. Sligo being a case in point. Going absolutely apoplectic that the ball wouldn't go in long, that points weren't being kicked from 40 yards against a strong wind. The phrase "the worst ever" was used several times. One of the things I love about the GAA is that the fans aren't segregated and I've never heard the opposition fans give out about their own team as much. Again, that could pure bad luck on where I am standing or sitting, but it's based on a fairly large sample size over the last few decades! :)

The reality of it is that a lot of Cavan fans are trapped in the 50s, and the majority of people going to games have NEVER seen Cavan be dominant in Ulster. Never. I've been going a fair while and seen us win two Ulster titles (one on the telly) and a handful of finals over the years.

I’m nearly sure the Tyrone game was played under restrictions and each club got ten tickets. I remember a number of clubs raffling the tickets. I certainly don’t remember full capacity being allowed.

A quick search of Twitter shows clubs like Swanlinbar & Castlerahan tweeting that they had ten tickets for raffle.

Are you him?

There was no “Lidl Denn” source. I saw TED in Lidl myself immediately after the Wexford game. And by immediately I mean I left Breffni and drove straight down the road!

I then asked someone from Denn I know if he was on the panel and they reckoned he wasn’t. Perhaps he was called in after that game or they were wrong. I don’t know.

Re the Donohoe stuff, it came from one of the players directly. There’s three sides to every story though, person A has their side, person B has their side and somewhere in the middle there is the truth!

You’d have to ask, if it wasn’t true though, how a frozen pitch on Sunday was an issue given all the Ladies League games that went ahead around the county at 11.

Sure you can't bate those Lidl bargains, how could TED resist them!

I enjoy the podcasts mostly. If we could take care of Tipp on Sunday and secure promotion they could give a few of the fringe lads a chance in the last 2 games although I still think winning momentum is important so we can't be slipping up against Waterford or London. I heard Galligan is out for this game too?

Antrim fans loosing the plot about the game being moved from Corrigan. I'd prefer if Cavan had stayed out of it.

I’ve avoided the “debate” on Twitter today. Cahair O’Kane said earlier if counties objected to a trip to Ballybofey it would be laughed out of it.

False equivalence. The issue is that Corrigan is tiny and we would likely bring a crowd. Antrim can call foul all they want but for the first game most of us can attend we have to suffer for lack of investment in grounds in Antrim?

Go me. 😀

Good to see you decided to register Paul 😂

😂 I prefer to be inside the tent p***ing out rather than outside the tent p***ing in

Need to make it 3 from 3 tomorrow with a win for the Seniors. Kevin Carney in The Irish News reckoned Graham has everyone bar Conor Brady, Ciaran Brady & Thomas Galligan.

Jaysus- the starting 15 listed the night before.

He didn’t feature at all last week so I would imagine he was carrying some form of knock. In fairness to Mickey, he seems to be allowing lads rest if they get a tweak at all.

Seeing Conroy named at 15 hasn’t been as much of a feature this year so we may see Cormac tomorrow yet.

We’ll only know the definite team at throw in!

I’m going for a 5 point win, with a goal in there for us again. Tipp aren’t to be taken lightly but they’re far off the team they were in 2020 and I feel we’re focussed and ready to get the job done.

Gunner and Faulkner have enough to keep Sweeney quiet & hopefully we get revenge for 2017.