The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Yeah I'll make the trip. Not sure on parking, got a hotel for the night that's not too far away. But it's known to be tough to get in and out of. But can't imagine a big crowd though so might be able to park up nearby

Team named, Oisin Kiernan from Castlerahan still out which is a big loss. Oisin Brady makes the bench and Paddy Meade and Cian Reilly make the panel for the first time this year.

Ah lads what a win away down in Cork. Delighted to be down for it, fair bit of luck with their missed chances etc but a wins a win. 4 from 6 is great and need to push on now

Ballsy performance. Kept plugging away even when the game was going against them and we reached into the panel with plenty of injuries. I wouldn't even say we played that well but in the key period of the game, we made the right decisions.

Galligan deserves credit for his half time tactical changes, they won the game. We wiped Cork at midfield in the second half.

I was impressed with Niall Carolan, Brian O'Connell, Paddy Lynch was MOTM.

Discipline is an issue, Gunner's black card was from pure petulance. Faulkner's was equally unnecessary and on several occasions we gave away frees from off the ball incidents.

Overall, a display to be proud of and we can go for a few beers in Cork City tonight with our heads held high!

Brilliant result. Heard the first half on northern sound and seems like we rode our luck at times but stayed in touch. Missed the 2nd half but delighted to see we played much better and then a gritty finish to get over the line. 4 points from 6 in first 3 games, I think we'd have taken that any day when the draw game out first. Well done to the lads.

Thanks for that. Fair play to you for getting down. The effort levels so far in the 3 games have been excellent. I'm delighted for Raymond that the change in tactics paid off. It will give him great confidence in his decision making going forward, especially with him been new to management. Looking forward to Ardee now.

Only team in the 4 divisions not to score or concede a goal. Don't know what to make of that...

In fairness we were blessed not to concede a goal today. Cork had an open goal for a palmed goal and hit the bar. Brian O'Connel smothered another goal chance. Our first 3 points were half goal chances.

I think our conversion rate was 70 something percent today. Didn't miss any places balls. That was key to the win. Cork hit a few bad wides in the closing stages and we punished them for it.

A few positives from last night:

Brian O'Connell looks the part. He's an excellent man marker and i think he's forcing his way into the starting side. He still needs to adapt fully to the physicality but very encouraging display yesterday.

Niall Carolan's leadership and attacking threat. His ball carrying at the end of the first half when we were under the cosh brought us back into the game. Still needs to improve composure close to goal but he's been one of the best league performers so far.

Paddy Lynch. 100% from placed balls including one from 48 metres and one close to the sideline. Won his duel. Think he just hit one wide. In the absence of McVeety he was the leader up front. He still looks like he's playing well below his ceiling too.

The bench. Cian Madden was very good and kicked 2 important scores. Conor Rehill was solid and got a score, O'Connell, Cian Reilly all contributed.

Negatives:

Individual errors. Our play was littered with high tackling, misplaced passes, overcarrying and poor discipline. There was a little too much whining at the referee too.

Injuries. McVeety not fit to feature, James Smith had to go off, Carolan had to go off. With Louth next week, a lot of starters will be doubtful.

I saw some of the second half and as you say, truly atrocious. A complete lack of confidence a therefore the basic skills if the game couldn't be performed. Sad to watch really.

Didnt sound good to me on McVetty. We could be down to the bare bones for Louth.

Sounds like it. If McVeety is longer term and James Smith and Carolan are out after Saturday too, then we're a lot down. Oisin Kiernan (C'rahan) was sitting behind me in the stand Saturday, so he must be a bit away yet. Conor Brady meant to be close, but Sunday might come too soon for him. Really need the squad to step up. Likes of Oisin Brady will be back better after getting a run back out there Saturday.

It's a really flawed system in that we would need to beat Monaghan, Tyrone and Derry or Donegal to get to a provisional final while Clare will have one game against Tipp or Waterford to get to the same stage.

Long day out but you can't beat a day like that, winning by the tightest of margins. Rode our luck in the first half but as you said, Ray has to take serious credit for the changes made at half time. Disappointing that when 3 points up and a man up and totally dominant that we didn't go for the jugular but when the game looked to be slipping away from us it was brilliant to see players back themselves and take vital scores. Not sure where the ref got an additional three minutes onto the six added on.

Paddy Lynch was outstanding, nailed some tricky frees including that monster underneath the North Stand. Cian Madden coming back and scoring is a huge plus. Was Carolan injured or did he just empty the tank? He was up and down the pitch all day- would prefer the Holla at centre half back and Carolan as a half back.

Games coming thick and fast so the panel is going to be tested. Ray saying McVeety pulled up in training sounds ominous. Would love to have him fit for Sunday in Ardee, but that's not likely. Assuming with a head injury James Smith will be rested, so O Connell or Rehill in for Faulkner at half back and Faulkner and Clarke out in the middle. Paddy Lynch will be tightly marked so he is going to need Caoimhim Reilly, Oisin Brady, Cian Madden and Gerry Smith to keep chipping in with scores but so far so good

Wondering for anyone else at the game, I know it was almost do-or-die for Cork but did we look very leggy in the first half? Wonder whether there was a big block of training done between the Donegal and Cork games.