The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

If Rehill is back in there will be good competition for places in the half back line and even McVitty could slot in there if needed but i would prefer to see him in the forward line. No word of Gearoid stepping away either which is also good.

It would certainly add an extra dimension to our game and allow us to kick long while the opposition would need to play there sweeper a lot deeper which should leave space for runners.

On the podcast Damien said that these were the names invited in (10 new additions) and that along with Murray and Conroy (and obviously Thomas Galligan), some other people stepping off the panel. There's a few people who have been knocking around for a couple of years that (as yet) haven't made much of an impact and at least one who has been in and out and never nailed down a place. I assume some of those might wonder whether all the effort is worth it if they aren't making matchday panels. Which is fair enough.

We won't know for certain will December who is on the full panel was the message.

If all those lads go in, you’ll be a happy lad. Seven lads from the Lough on the panel and you would assume 4 maybe 5 starting if all fit?

He’s a very good footballer and that debut season was unbelievable. I’m delighted he’s back in- that’s going to make for some competition for half back.

Good point on Meade. That was some performance against Killygarry seeing as that was his first game back in about a year. I remember him starting against Westmeath in a league game and getting a straight red in 2020, has he played for the county since?

In terms of the panel, I assume there could be a few Gowna lads asked in as well. I would be surprised if Ryan Connolly isn't asked in once Drumlane are finished. Fair play to them, great performance and fingers crossed for the final.

Sunday was a brilliant day for Cavan,To see a statue unveiled of a true legend of the game . When you look through his roll of honour and what he achieved it is incredible. Hopefully it will spur on future generations of Cavan players.

Is he still banging on about this? It's not like it's an either / or thing. You can celebrate (and should) heroes of the past and still look to the future.

I agree. When I first heard him raise this, I honestly couldn’t believe it. You’d swear we were tripping over statues to our GAA heroes in Cavan.

What proud Cavan Gael wouldn’t celebrate this? It’s brilliant. Can’t wait to see teams bring trophies back to Market Square.

Drumlane game is on Ulster GAA TV for those who cannot make it down. Fingers crossed Ryan Connolly is the first Cavan man to bring a cup back to Market Square this afternoon. Good luck Drumlane

Three games where Cavan teams conceivably should have won but came up short, two times by penalties. All three teams will feel they left those results behind them, but I especially feel for Drumlane. They were the better team for long spells and Stewartstown scored once from play whilst Drumlane kicked some great scores from play. Yes, they should have put the game to bed in the second half but showed great grit to fight back in extra time when most teams would have thrown the towel in. Would have loved to see a Hawkeye of that last kick from Owens, looked good to me (granted Ulster / Tyrone TV didn't make much of a fuss about that, surprise surprise). His two monster points to bring it to penalties showed serious courage.

Draw is on December 13th i think.

We played Down in the days between Christmas and New Year in 2018 and played Armagh in the same period in 2019. It’s nice to have a game in those days when all is quiet. Your only problem this year is that the 31st is the Saturday so doubt players will want a game on New Years Eve/day.

Martin Cahill announced as Operations Manager tonight. Is that the new full time county manager role they had mentioned?

Martin Tynan has up that Cormac Reilly & Caoimhin Reilly were not asked back in by Graham - although he did previously post that Killian Brady had retired so maybe should be taken with a pinch of salt.

The news about Caoimhin is particularly disappointing as he showed patches in the League last year. He has to be in his mid 20s now so difficult to see him making a mark at county level.

Are the dates for the league fixtures out yet