Former Cavan captain Alan Clarke says he's happy to have seen things click at the right time for the Breffni men this season.

Terry Hyland's side backed up league promotion to Division One with an impressive eight-point victory over Armagh in their first round of the Ulster SFC last Sunday week and Clarke, who has been away from the set-up three years now, says he's full of admiration for the current crop.   

"They are a big, strong, fast, powerful team," Clarke said in today's Irish News.

"Cavan are motoring well...I saw some of their league games. The turning point was the Meath game - but sometimes something just clicks and luckily for Cavan it clicked at the right time.

"They're a fairly consistent team. I suppose (there are) no stand out performers. The usual suspects - Martin Reilly, Gearoid McKiernan, Seanie Johnston - they're all going well."

"They have a great bunch of players that is willing to die and play for the county which is amazing.

"The U21 success bred success and hopefully they can get a reward at senior level. That's the big thing."

The Blues are presently gearing up for a provincial semi-final date with Tyrone on Sunday week, a date the Kingscourt clubman admits he'd love to have been a part of.

"I'd love nothing more than to be playing with them but on the (playing) days - you'd love to be out there, but on the training and all the effort that they put in - what goes on behind the scenes is unbelievable.

"And it's only when you're involved that you realise the time and the commitment that those boys are putting in, so anything they do will be reward for them because they're putting in some hours."

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