The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Re the second paragraph, I don’t know to be honest. Over the past few seasons, we have heard countless times how a game will decide this Cavan team and where they stand - Donegal last year, Westmeath last year, Armagh this year and then Down. How many chances can this panel be given? I already actually raised that point earlier this year in fact.

I’ve no doubt that next year Division 2 will start and we’ll again hear this will decide the quality of the panel.

What I prefer to look at is how other teams have developed compared to us. In 2016, we beat Galway to go into Div 1, look how far they have gone and their time in Div 1 since.

Armagh might be Div 2 now but the fact is we could beat them in 2019 yet they are now making the latter stages of the AI and had 3 years in Div 1.

Monaghan, we beat in 19 & 20, yet they are still in the upper echelons of teams compared to us.

In 2019, Derry were playing in a Div 4 final when we were in Division 1.

You have to look at the management now and wonder if 2020 has papered over the cracks.

I know you like to have a debate / arguement on here, but for once you're attempting a straw man arguement. Yes WAC has consistently promoted Cavan football, that's hardly surprising (not sure too many people are going to consistently pay a subscription to hear how the end of the world is nigh). But after the Armagh game and especially after the Down game, Paul Fitz couldn't have been more pessimistic. He said last year after the Donegal game last year that Cavan had clearly peaked in 2020 and was in decline.

I've no intention of listening over the talking points pod after the Down game as it will do nothing for my mood, but he (and I am paraphrasing) more or less said that due to the lack of a conveyor belt of underage talent our level was going to be mid-table division three for the future with no prospect of playing in the All Ireland and relishing the days when we beat the likes of Westmeath as opposed to "big scalp".

McDermott has Inter county experience and managed Kilmurray to the All Ireland Club final in 2010. Has won a few club titles since then in Limerick, Cavan and Meath.

Better candidate then Jason Reilly

Listen into the podcast that was out this evening. Big moment for the Cavan boards team- Paul Fitz takes on Cavan_King directly :)

Do you not mean to say Paul Fitz agrees with Cavan_King? I wish he’d stop saying people send him screenshots of on here and just admit he reads it.

Some of the excuses presented for Graham were bordering on the ridiculous. For example, that the way a team is prepared has had to change because League and championship are so close - it’s the same for every county and manager now!

I think the main issue is that the last 2-3 years has seen a huge change to counter attacking football and teams taking chances. Graham has shown himself to be too risk adverse time and time again.

Andy McEntee was ran out of Meath and in six months look at the improvements he has made in Antrim playing quick counter attacking football and actually utilising a big man in the square.

You lads must be getting jealous that it’s my posts they pick up on - shows who is raising the hard points that need to be discussed!

The rest of yas need to up your game.

I half heard it, but only a quarter of the stories are true

There have been rumours doing the rounds of a John Terry / Wayne Bridge type situation for a while but I didn’t pay much attention to them.

I also heard further rumours of a row in a pub in Cavan town where a player from one club suffered injury to their jaw.

I haven’t paid any of it much attention to be honest. A lot of noise.

The main thing needed is a change in management. Nothing that happens off the pitch will change my mind after what we’ve see on it.

I doubt they are going to discuss what are still just rumours.

In fairness, it also involves people’s private lives so not fair to discuss it.

The county team is finished now so I would imagine they’ll leave well enough alone unless there is some big news like Graham leaving.

What club is graham with?

The whole county will be at the Div 1 League semi final next week!

No not sold out. He was joking. No fixture made yet. Think neutral venues this year?

It's not a great venue, better facilities for viewing a game at other clubs but the pull of county board helps

Personally dont know anything about him, maybe you could elaborate on why you believe he is useless. I assume he can be replaced at the agm this year if someone is proposed to run against him and gets enough votes.

I would say whoever oversees underage development in the county is the person who should be moving on, as that's been a dismal failure