Just watching Cork v Kerry. If only we had a forward like James O'Donoghue in Cavan! Super player.

Ned_Stormcrow (Cavan) - Posts: 1071 - 06/07/2014 14:53:47    1614542

gonnie glad to see someone mention Enda Reilly. Don't know why he's never being considered. He's strong and knows were the posts are.

Jim_Shorts (Cavan) - Posts: 96 - 06/07/2014 15:12:20    1614559

You are right Ned... O Donoghou is a super player but if he was in the Cavan team they would never kick the ball into him...!!!!

Sean66 (Cavan) - Posts: 440 - 06/07/2014 16:45:41    1614638

And if they actually did he probably wouldn't be allowed to shoot

goonie (Cavan) - Posts: 308 - 06/07/2014 17:01:35    1614650

Sean and goonie,

Both correct lads. Kerry and these top teams just make the game look so simple, but it is a simple game, we have over-complicated it big time with the way we play.

Ned_Stormcrow (Cavan) - Posts: 1071 - 06/07/2014 17:33:35    1614670

BreffniGuide
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People talk so much about Shine's injury. Do people forget we are missing Mackey, Dunne, Keating, Clarke (all Ulster All Stars last year), Kevin Tierney, Ronan Flanagan (arguably our most experienced player) and McVeety from last year. That's seven starters so half of our starting 15 almost. Fergal Flanagan also missed last game. We've a string panel but those losses would hit any team.


Cavan are picking from a big panel of i think over 40 players and its a young panel i don't think the starting 15 is set in stone. 4 in a row Ulster U-21s titles Cavan have won whatever team is named next Saturday will be a strong Cavan side for example Givney,Argue weren't used much during the league this year however both are are two the best underage players of recent years.

Dunne started the league final missed at least 1-5 and Keating,Mackey came on against Westmeath and both should feature against Roscommon. Isn't one of those Flanagan back now also after serving a one match ban? Tierney,McVeety have yet to hold down a starting spot.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3353 - 06/07/2014 19:30:55    1614759

Systems make it possible for very average footballers to look like a fairly decent team and allows them to frustrate their opposition. The downside of it is systems destroy the creativity of good players. Where a "system" approach is imposed by the management, good creative players cannot play risky football , be cause if they do take risks and it doesn't work out they are taken off and replace d with a robotic type player who will fit the "system". Forwards eg Enda Reilly , Paul O Connor, Eugene Keating are leaders and risk takers they have to be. But Cavan won't play them on the senior team till they get the creativity knocked out of them. Cavan have relied on this approach and it has paid off in so far as we have frustrated teams and not allowed them play but we will never play like Kerry, Mayo, Dublin or Tyrone as long as we stop the development of good players. So many clubs have sent. Good players in to the county system and they come back to their clubs having lost that edge that risk taking that made them good players to start with. I could name players who have gone back ways in the present system but I won't. Hope we win on Saturday we have done Trojan work on our tackling and defending , we have to let our forwards play, give them the ball and let them take their scores, and play our forwards as forwards.

cfsm2012 (Cavan) - Posts: 76 - 06/07/2014 19:39:46    1614766

Cork defending was like a Junior C team today, so of course it looked simple.

FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2763 - 06/07/2014 21:16:36    1614837

Let's be realistic we did very well against Westmeath considering the players we were down but with 4 ulster u21s under our belt we haven't produced one out and out scoring forward.
There in lies the problem. Kerry and Dublin were impressive and it's hard to see beyond them this year.
We need to concentrate on the future and the production of fast moving scoring forwards,then and only then will the future be blue.

desagov (Cavan) - Posts: 208 - 06/07/2014 21:25:14    1614844

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1614837 Cork defending was like a Junior C team today, so of course it looked simple.

Nah. That's two years in a row Kerry have taken Cork apart, absolutely destroyed them. Direct open football gets results. It is the way to go.

Ned_Stormcrow (Cavan) - Posts: 1071 - 07/07/2014 10:42:26    1614991

wat time is the game?

sammaguire1 (Cavan) - Posts: 279 - 07/07/2014 11:15:46    1615019

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wat time is the game?

Meant to be confirmed today. How or why they've waited a full week after the draw was made to confirm the time is beyond me. People have arrangements to make or time to take off work to go along to it. Why not give people as much notice as possible? And then they'll be left wondering why there's not 15,000 people at the game.

decky (Roscommon) - Posts: 384 - 07/07/2014 11:48:48    1615051

ye a joke, couldnt agree with you more

sammaguire1 (Cavan) - Posts: 279 - 07/07/2014 12:35:58    1615090

6pm

Mr.Benson (Cavan) - Posts: 49 - 07/07/2014 13:31:08    1615137

Game at 6pm on Saturday Evening

SS1 (Cavan) - Posts: 196 - 07/07/2014 13:32:52    1615139

Match been fixed for 6 pm On Saturday In Breffni

evano11 (Cavan) - Posts: 265 - 07/07/2014 13:37:25    1615142

Any link for that time/date lads?

No update on GAA, RTE or Hoganstand websites.

cavandub (Cavan) - Posts: 67 - 07/07/2014 14:25:11    1615175

from CAVANGAA tweet

http://cavangaa.ie/

ExiledCuCu (Cavan) - Posts: 228 - 07/07/2014 14:31:24    1615180

Is the game love Saturday cause there's a game televised coverage starts at 16.50 but there's been no details of which game it is yet wonder is it this one ?

Cavan_COYBIB (Cavan) - Posts: 62 - 07/07/2014 14:54:34    1615207

If that's not the Wexford v Clare replay I'll eat my hat.

decky (Roscommon) - Posts: 384 - 07/07/2014 15:01:22    1615216