Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 03/04/2018 17:52:22    2090768

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5195 - 03/04/2018 18:32:05    2090781

Division 2 probably looks tougher next year, so Cavan avoided that. Declan Bonner and Donegal will be under some pressure after relegation. They played some good stuff in Div 1 despite relegation. They haven't been beaten in championship in Ballybofey in a good while.

Interesting that they are keeping Jaaon McGee with the u20s this year. He made a big impact with the Seniors last year at midfield .

FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2825 - 03/04/2018 19:09:32    2090791

The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 03/04/2018 19:16:27    2090793

RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 878 - 03/04/2018 20:49:21    2090818

Would have to agree with "in and around the house" To be honest Sean. Thought his kick outs in the first half were a bit dodgy and indeed in the game against Tipperary in Breifne I thought he should have went for the ball leading to the first goal. More importantly when the game was in the melting pot last Sunday and you needed him to nail those first two 45's. He missed both. We had just scored a wonder goal, Roscommon were clearly rattled and that was the time to push on and go win the game. Instead we miss both, allow Roscommon to regain their composure and they go down the field and score a goal. Game over.

Joebe (Cavan) - Posts: 76 - 03/04/2018 21:15:04    2090826

His 45s are brutal playing with the wind. Could excuse 1 miss but not 2. Vital ones at that. Can Martin Reilly not kick a 45?
His positioning under a high ball was suspect too. We need a centre back too.. Faulkner flanked by Martin Reilly and C Brady.
Clarke full back flanked by Murray and mc Laughlin. Plenty of forwards available to rotate

Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 03/04/2018 21:28:36    2090832

The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 03/04/2018 22:09:16    2090844

fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 04/04/2018 11:32:47    2090957

doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 04/04/2018 12:02:08    2090972

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5195 - 04/04/2018 13:27:18    2091007

PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 04/04/2018 13:33:33    2091011

fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 04/04/2018 16:17:30    2091070

There is players i would live to see on the panel for championship .
Gerry smith (lavey)
Mark mcgee (ramor)
Kevin meehan (geals)
Cormac daly (castlerahan)
David wilson ( lacken )
Jack brady (ramor )
Nial mckernan (Lacken)
Paul graham (geals )
Joe dillion (kingscourt )
There is more players out there that are good enough fir county football . I dont know why they do not b asked in or commit .

cavanlawd123 (Cavan) - Posts: 70 - 04/04/2018 16:46:15    2091083

Hard luck to all at weekend. I'm sure they'll be disappointed by some of their performances but championship is around the corner to put things right. Roscommon deserved the win but in saying that we definitely had the chances to push them right to the end and even win it. The attempts at scores in the last 10 minutes when well in the game from relatively easy positions and the missed central 45s wind assisted were deflating. These things simply cannot happen if players want to be taken seriously at this level. No point sending a team out open and attack orientated if they cannot take simple chances.
Lots to be positive over too. We looked very dangerous at times and if we can get a bit more consistency and composure out of the undoubted potential that's there then we can be a force. Talking is easy though and how we achieve that is another matter entirely. Unfortunately the biggest positive for me is also the biggest negative. McVeety was simply a class above and if he's not back soon will be a huge huge loss. Showed real leadership and always willing to take the game to the opponent. He's missed further out the field but going forward I'd love to see him stay up front. Maybe if Gerry Smith becomes available again then he could fill in his old role. Moving on some of the younger lads showed glimpses of what they are about so again you'd hope there's more to come. Also while we made lots of mistakes and probably should have defended a couple of the goals much better I though we never gave up so credit where's it's due.
Regarding Championship, yes we need work in a lot of areas. CHB and midfield are still problem areas but we kinda have known this for a long time now. No point tearing up the blue print at this stage and going back to the drawing board. We're going to have to ride it out a bit and hope that with playing time and more experience we improve in these areas. The mantra for a long time has been that chopping and changing is not going to get us anywhere and the team need consistency in selection for these areas so for me we've set out our stall and will have to go with it more or less for championship. I don't see massive changes in the team because for one I don't think the personnel is there to improve these areas and for the most part we've being going with the best team available. I can't really see anyone come in over the next 6 weeks. Buchannon is too far off match fitness. Givney won't be back this year. Same goes for F. Flanagan, James McEnroe or Gerry Smith. Mossy Corr is retired. Yes there are forwards that could come in but overall I don't think the young lads there have performed too badly and deserve their places in the Championship 26. So we'll need to get behind what's there and hopefully they surprise a few. Donegal might be a bridge too far but we're more than capable of beating the majority of teams in the country and putting a good run together.

Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 04/04/2018 17:00:53    2091089

There is players i would live to see on the panel for championship . 
Gerry smith (lavey) Studying
Mark mcgee (ramor) Not sure
Kevin meehan (geals) Music
Cormac daly (castlerahan) Quit after McKenna Cup
David wilson ( lacken ) Worth a go
Jack brady (ramor ) Quit panel
Nial mckernan (Lacken) Quit after Clare game
Paul graham (geals ) Worth a go
Joe dillion (kingscourt ) Quit after last year.
There is more players out there that are good enough fir county football . I dont know why they do not b asked in or commit

doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 04/04/2018 17:06:37    2091094

Mattie got us to a league final in his 2nd year in charge, he got us promotion, we are now playing a style of football that the players are enjoying and the crowd are enjoying. We just didn't play as well as we did during the league, some players had an off day, which can happen but the main thing here is that we have secured Division One football for next year, and we can actually look forward to meeting Donegal, because lets face it, they're hardly going to be full of confidence having been relegated by a very poor Mayo team. Mark my words, Donegal will be nervous about this game, and I think we can hurt them.

In regards to kick outs, they certainly need to be worked on and if I was a manager, I would show multiple videos of the Dublin kickouts. Cluxton merely kicks it into the space and the players run onto it, its a very simple strategy.

Roll on 6 weeks, we should be going into this game full of confidence, Donegal are there for the taking!

cavanblueman (Cavan) - Posts: 636 - 04/04/2018 17:16:29    2091101

The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 04/04/2018 17:49:24    2091110

Going on what we have seen in the past few weeks culminating in last Sunday it is clear we have big problems with our midfield coupled with the amount of goal chances we are allowing our opponents leads me to believe we have next to no chance of getting victory in Donegal... when you also add in McVitty not been fully fit ( can't be ) it's hard to see how Cavan won't be in the 1st round draw for the back door games...unfortunately. ..!!

Sean.66 (Cavan) - Posts: 293 - 04/04/2018 17:50:29    2091111

fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 04/04/2018 19:35:17    2091132