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Replying To PatTheDandy: "Bit of a bottle job by Laragh against a poor Shercock team with a fairly blunt attack. Really thought Laragh would have had the firepower to get the job done regardless of the weather conditions and been the best team to rattle Ballyhaise. Don't think there is anyone to touch them now.. Fancy a narrow Drumgoon win in the semi and Ballyhaise to cruise to the Intermediate winning both semi and final by 6+. Ballymachugh looked good at the weekend in the junior but Givney getting put off early would have ended Mountnugent's hopes of winning so it's hard to judge just them yet. Drumalee given a good scare by Kill which also means they are not too far ahead of the remaining teams. Both replays are tough to call and should be close again." With all the negativity in football I must say that knockbride, kill and drumalee and kildallon are at least trying to play good football and not this disgusting defensive rubbish!!!! mcdaddy (Cavan) - Posts: 26 - 11/09/2017 17:31:41 2045009 Link
Just another bit of negativity...3 o'clock on a saturday is hardly an ideal time to be playing a championship match? wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1687 - 12/09/2017 21:10:22 2045390 Link
Replying To wishfulthinkin: "Just another bit of negativity...3 o'clock on a saturday is hardly an ideal time to be playing a championship match?" Friday night would have been better. RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 850 - 12/09/2017 22:30:27 2045425 Link
Replying To wishfulthinkin: "Just another bit of negativity...3 o'clock on a saturday is hardly an ideal time to be playing a championship match?" By right both replays should have been played this Wednesday night, as was originally planned and realeased on the fixture list the County Board sent out to all clubs at the start of the month, so they can't have much complaints in my opinion. GAAhead2017 (Cavan) - Posts: 82 - 12/09/2017 23:14:46 2045457 Link
Replying To wishfulthinkin: "Just another bit of negativity...3 o'clock on a saturday is hardly an ideal time to be playing a championship match?" I'm talking about the Kildallan v Knockbride and Drung v Shannan Gaels replays of course. GAAhead2017 (Cavan) - Posts: 82 - 12/09/2017 23:47:12 2045474 Link
Replying To RHF: "Friday night would have been better." For whom? Skelling (USA) - Posts: 289 - 13/09/2017 09:39:13 2045530 Link
Replying To wishfulthinkin: "Just another bit of negativity...3 o'clock on a saturday is hardly an ideal time to be playing a championship match?" matter of opinion. with the majority of young lads living outside cavan saturday is the best day to prepare. I always found friday a nightmare to get ready for a game theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 13/09/2017 09:57:29 2045539 Link
Replying To theweanling: "matter of opinion. with the majority of young lads living outside cavan saturday is the best day to prepare. I always found friday a nightmare to get ready for a game" With lads coming back from collage and there only day to earn a few quid is a Saturday I find it disgraceful to ask them to play on a Saturday afternoon, clubs will not have some players as players will not give up work for football and rightly so as the economy is such that jobs are too hard to come by. mcdaddy (Cavan) - Posts: 26 - 13/09/2017 11:22:47 2045586 Link
Replying To mcdaddy: "With lads coming back from collage and there only day to earn a few quid is a Saturday I find it disgraceful to ask them to play on a Saturday afternoon, clubs will not have some players as players will not give up work for football and rightly so as the economy is such that jobs are too hard to come by." The unemployment rate is down to 6% and falling. The economy is growing. If the game was on Friday there'd be moaning about lads having to make it down from Dublin or wherever. The GAA public sure love a maon. Skelling (USA) - Posts: 289 - 13/09/2017 12:33:51 2045606 Link
Replying To Skelling: "The unemployment rate is down to 6% and falling. The economy is growing. If the game was on Friday there'd be moaning about lads having to make it down from Dublin or wherever. The GAA public sure love a maon." Your correct about Friday too, though in your opinion do you think 3 o clock in the day is a good time?? Well if it is then why hasn't there been a game at 3 on a Saturday this year?? All Saturday games have been on in the evening time!!!! mcdaddy (Cavan) - Posts: 26 - 13/09/2017 14:48:42 2045652 Link
Replying To mcdaddy: "Your correct about Friday too, though in your opinion do you think 3 o clock in the day is a good time?? Well if it is then why hasn't there been a game at 3 on a Saturday this year?? All Saturday games have been on in the evening time!!!!" It's not but maybe with lights, logistics and the other games being on in Breffni it was acceptable to all. I see on the other thread that there's complaints that they're not on in Breffni. The impossible job of fixture setting in Cavan. Skelling (USA) - Posts: 289 - 13/09/2017 15:01:02 2045655 Link
Replying To mcdaddy: "Your correct about Friday too, though in your opinion do you think 3 o clock in the day is a good time?? Well if it is then why hasn't there been a game at 3 on a Saturday this year?? All Saturday games have been on in the evening time!!!!" There was a few Intermediate relegation games on last Saturday at 4pm. And also the Junior Championship Quarter-Final between Knockbride and Kildallan started at 5pm. While this weekend also the 2 Senior Championship Quarter-Finals throw in at 5pm. So I don't see much on a problem here atall. As I stated in previous post, why didn't both replays go ahead tonight as originally planned? GAAhead2017 (Cavan) - Posts: 82 - 13/09/2017 15:03:33 2045659 Link
Replying To GAAhead2017: "There was a few Intermediate relegation games on last Saturday at 4pm. And also the Junior Championship Quarter-Final between Knockbride and Kildallan started at 5pm. While this weekend also the 2 Senior Championship Quarter-Finals throw in at 5pm. So I don't see much on a problem here atall. As I stated in previous post, why didn't both replays go ahead tonight as originally planned?" That's a question for the county board, there full time changing things mcdaddy (Cavan) - Posts: 26 - 13/09/2017 18:11:35 2045735 Link
Replying To mcdaddy: "That's a question for the county board, there full time changing things" Absolutely, making things up as they go along. With the Intermediate semi-finals now taking place Saturday night, will the final now be played a week earlier than usual? Also when will the Junior final take place it was supoose to be weekend of 30th/1st November, which now seems highly unlikely. So many questions, very few answers. Great county board! GAAhead2017 (Cavan) - Posts: 82 - 13/09/2017 18:48:22 2045756 Link
Replying To GAAhead2017: "Absolutely, making things up as they go along. With the Intermediate semi-finals now taking place Saturday night, will the final now be played a week earlier than usual? Also when will the Junior final take place it was supoose to be weekend of 30th/1st November, which now seems highly unlikely. So many questions, very few answers. Great county board!" I totally agree with you mcdaddy (Cavan) - Posts: 26 - 13/09/2017 22:16:04 2045811 Link
Intermediate Shercock to beat drumgoon. Ballyhaise to beat belturbet. Ballyhaise to beat shercock in final. Junior Drung to beat shannon Gaels Knockbride to beat kildallon Drung to beat drumalee Knockbride to beat ballymachugh Drung to beat knockbride in final Gaa1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 15/09/2017 17:28:09 2046286 Link
Intermediate Drumgoon to beat Shercock. Ballyhaise to beat belturbet. Ballyhaise to beat Drumgoon in final. Junior Drung to beat Shannon Gaels Kildallon to beat Knockbride Drung to beat Drumalee Kildallon to beat Ballymachugh Kildallon to beat Drung in final StayDownKing (Cavan) - Posts: 24 - 15/09/2017 18:04:48 2046296 Link
Replying To Gaa1969: "Intermediate Shercock to beat drumgoon. Ballyhaise to beat belturbet. Ballyhaise to beat shercock in final. Junior Drung to beat shannon Gaels Knockbride to beat kildallon Drung to beat drumalee Knockbride to beat ballymachugh Drung to beat knockbride in final" I take it you didn't watch Drung & Shannon Gaels play last weekend? Drung won't get close to winning it. Kildallan will beat Knockbride tomorrow too. GAAhead2017 (Cavan) - Posts: 82 - 15/09/2017 18:06:53 2046297 Link
Was anyone at the 2 junior games?? I didn't get to either were they any good? What's the thinking on who will win junior out now? mcdaddy (Cavan) - Posts: 26 - 18/09/2017 01:21:25 2047181 Link
Wasn't at either of the Junior replays. Went to Cornafean and Breffni instead. Heard Knockbride and Kildallan was another tense affair and went to extra time. I was told by a Drung man that they were very poor against Shannon Gaels and deserved to lose. Is Niall Walsh playing with Shannon Gaels? I didn't see his name on the team sheet in the Celt for the drawn game? Ballymachugh would still be my favorites but Knockbride and Drumalee are both capable of beating them. Don't think Shannon Gaels are strong enough to go the whole way although they could trouble Drumalee. Shercock looked good in the intermediate semi. But against a very weak Drumgoon team missing their whole half forward line through injury. Moynagh was very quiet I thought, and didn't get on the ball near enough. The Ballyhaise v Belturbet row was much more competitive and entertaining with some football played as well. I was expecting Ballyhaise to win comfortably and perhaps they are not as far ahead of the posse as people thought. Would still expect Ballyhaise to win the next day with Padraig Moore back in the full forward line and Bud Fitz out through suspension. Kevin Tierney also very disappointing and doesn't appear to be being used effectively by the management. Shambolic refereeing by Ollie Óg Reilly for both sides. Should never get a big game again if the county board have any sort of a clue how to organise things. PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 18/09/2017 10:44:54 2047318 Link