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Replying To doratheexplorer:  "Yeah but Ramor finished top losing no games till final. League should be 1st is 1st. No team that finished top in league won it."
Disagree that the team finishing top should win it. There should always be a league final.. As a player you want to play in finals and finals you've played in are the games you'll remember. In GAA from U13 up there's finals for League & Championship and they are great occasions for clubs.

StayDownKing (Cavan) - Posts: 24 - 24/07/2019 01:45:07    2215552

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Replying To rahanman:  "ACFL Div 1 Trophy returned to BJD over the weekend will the Oliver Plunkett keep it company for another year ?????

I think it will"
Depends, have Castlerahan been busy as usual in the transfer market this season? Any more big money signings?

IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 24/07/2019 11:05:55    2215649

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Replying To StayDownKing:  "Disagree that the team finishing top should win it. There should always be a league final.. As a player you want to play in finals and finals you've played in are the games you'll remember. In GAA from U13 up there's finals for League & Championship and they are great occasions for clubs."
yes but a league which is played over a season where every team gets to play every other team should not be decided on a one-off game or even less so in a semi-final and final scenario. The team that finishes top should be awarded the trophy.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 24/07/2019 16:43:03    2215850

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Replying To s goldrick:  "yes but a league which is played over a season where every team gets to play every other team should not be decided on a one-off game or even less so in a semi-final and final scenario. The team that finishes top should be awarded the trophy."
Don't agree. If that was the case you would have a load of dead rubber league games with nothing to play for from probably 3rd - 8th in the table which would skew relegation battles and probably lead to poorer quality games.

ballygowanwater (Cavan) - Posts: 207 - 25/07/2019 09:03:26    2216130

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Championship starts tonight, with senior, intermediate and junior action this weekend, anyone fancy giving their predictions?

Mullahoran v Ramor - Ramor

Denn v Knockbride - Knockbride

Drumgoon v Laragh - Laragh

Shannon Gaels v Munterconnacht - Shannon Gaels

Drumalee v Templeport - Drumalee

Belturbet v Ballinagh - Ballinagh

Mountnugent v Killdallan - Killdallan

Maghera v Drung - Drung

Ramor United (intermediate) v Butlersbridge - Butlersbridge

Corlough v Redhills - Redhills

Drumlane v Swadlinbar - Drumlane

Baileboro v Ballyhaise - Ballyhaise

Cuchulainns v Cornafean - Cuchulainns

Kill v Killinkere - killinkere

Arva v Killeshandra - Killeshandra

IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 26/07/2019 13:57:09    2216774

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Replying To doratheexplorer:  "Yeah but Ramor finished top losing no games till final. League should be 1st is 1st. No team that finished top in league won it."
Top getting the title has merit but would clubs be happy to play without their county players if there was no semi-final / final setup. The reality is that the league is only a buildup to the real competition which is the Championship .

rahanman (Cavan) - Posts: 127 - 26/07/2019 16:09:33    2216826

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Enough talk about the league, this is the championship forum. A couple of slightly surprising results in the intermediate already, drumgoon beating laragh and belturbet beating ballinagh tonight. its looking a very open championship with 5 or 6 teams that'll fancy their chances to win it.

IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 27/07/2019 21:01:00    2217245

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hopefully this thread keeps to discussing football, not the usual bitter contributors taking over.

Anybody catch any club games over the weekend? Any standout individual performances?
Defeats for Laragh and Ballinagh already very surprising, those 2 are probably favourites to win inter

Pullhard1985 (USA) - Posts: 68 - 29/07/2019 09:20:08    2217981

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Big losses for the 3 big guns ballinagh , cuchulains and laragh. Goes to show championship is a different ball game when teams are in full swing and get players back. Big win for killeshandra too was at that game, not a bad team at all wouldn't fancy getting them. Very open championship a lot of teams on par.

lad09 (Cavan) - Posts: 239 - 29/07/2019 10:03:26    2217999

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Intermediate champo looks wide open, any one of about 6 teams would fancy their chances.
In junior killinkere look to be very strong, will anyone lay a glove on them? Denn under pressure now too after a hiding from knockbride, good win for mtnugent and shannon gaels squeaked past mtconnaght

Pullhard1985 (USA) - Posts: 68 - 29/07/2019 12:54:19    2218147

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Replying To Pullhard1985:  "Intermediate champo looks wide open, any one of about 6 teams would fancy their chances.
In junior killinkere look to be very strong, will anyone lay a glove on them? Denn under pressure now too after a hiding from knockbride, good win for mtnugent and shannon gaels squeaked past mtconnaght"
Intermediate looking like a real lottery. I would probably even go above 6 teams that could win it. There are more teams in it that could win it, than you could rule out that won't win it.

Think Denn were missing a few players last week and should be improved with Keogan back who was scoring heavily in the league.

I would think they should be fine to make the QF's unless they get a hammering off Killinkere and only get 2 narrow wins which is unlikely knowing the teams that are left.

Killinkere will surely blow all of the Division 3 teams out of the water anyway. And I would say it's up to Denn and Knockbride to challenge them but it's hard to know how much of a gap there is between those 3 teams, going by the intermediate results and things that happened in last years c'ship, league form doesn't seem to count for as much anymore.

Laragh, Balieborough and Ballinagh already under pressure after week 1 and the draw for week 2.

PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 29/07/2019 15:24:16    2218257

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What is the predictions for this weekend's fixtures? With a few upsets last weekend the intermediate has been blown right open, will there be any upsets in the SFC this weekend?

Senior
Castlerahan v Killygarry
Cavan Gaels v Lavey
Cootehill v Lacken
Crosserlough v Shercock
Kingscourt v Gowna

I'm going to go with Castlerahan, Gaels, Cootehill, Crosserlough, Gowna.

Intermediate
Killesandra v Cornafean
Balieborough V Belturbet
Arva v Cuchulainn
Laragh v Butlersbridge
Drumgoon v Ballyhaise
Ballymachugh v Ramor
Drumlane v Ballinagh

My predictions here, Draw, Belturbet, Cuchulainn, Bridge, Ballyhaise, Ballymachugh, Ballinagh

Junior

Munterconnaught v Knocbride
Drung v Denn
Killdallan v Redhills
Mountnugent v Shannon Gaels
Drumalee v Maghera
Kill v Corlough
Killinkere v Templeport

My predictions will be Knockbride, Drung, Redhills, Mountnugent, Drumalee, Kill, Killinkere

Clancy_Wigam (Cavan) - Posts: 7 - 31/07/2019 10:29:30    2219019

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Senior
Castlerahan v Killygarry - Castlerahan
Cavan Gaels v Lavey - Lavey
Cootehill v Lacken - Lacken
Crosserlough v Shercock - Crosserlough
Kingscourt v Gowna - Gowna



Intermediate
Killesandra v Cornafean - Killeshandra
Balieborough V Belturbet - Belturbet
Arva v Cuchulainn - Cuchulainns
Laragh v Butlersbridge - Laragh
Drumgoon v Ballyhaise - Ballyhaise
Ballymachugh v Ramor- Ballymachugh
Drumlane v Ballinagh - Ballinagh


Junior
Munterconnaught v Knocbride - Knockbride
Drung v Denn - Drung
Killdallan v Redhills - Redhills
Mountnugent v Shannon Gaels - Mountnugent
Drumalee v Maghera - Drumalee
Kill v Corlough - Kill
Killinkere v Templeport - Draw

IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 31/07/2019 13:45:42    2219091

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My predictions for the weekend:
Senior
Castlerahan v Killygarry - Killygarry by 1
Cavan Gaels v Lavey - Lavey by 3
Cootehill v Lacken - Lacken by 4
Crosserlough v Shercock - Crosserlough by 10
Kingscourt v Gowna - Gowna by 6

Intermediate
Killesandra v Cornafean - Cornafean by 1
Balieborough V Belturbet - Bailieborough by 1
Arva v Cuchulainn - Arva by 1
Laragh v Butlersbridge - Laragh by 1
Drumgoon v Ballyhaise - Draw
Ballymachugh v Ramor- Ballymachugh by 7
Drumlane v Ballinagh - Ballinagh by 7

Junior
Munterconnaught v Knocbride - Knockbride by 4
Drung v Denn - Denn by 4
Killdallan v Redhills - Redhills by 10
Mountnugent v Shannon Gaels - Draw
Drumalee v Maghera - Drumalee by 15
Kill v Corlough - Corlough by 1
Killinkere v Templeport - Killinkere by 2

Intermediate the main attraction with a few teams who could be on the ropes already after this weekend.

PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 01/08/2019 11:04:09    2219355

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Replying To PatTheDandy:  "My predictions for the weekend:
Senior
Castlerahan v Killygarry - Killygarry by 1
Cavan Gaels v Lavey - Lavey by 3
Cootehill v Lacken - Lacken by 4
Crosserlough v Shercock - Crosserlough by 10
Kingscourt v Gowna - Gowna by 6

Intermediate
Killesandra v Cornafean - Cornafean by 1
Balieborough V Belturbet - Bailieborough by 1
Arva v Cuchulainn - Arva by 1
Laragh v Butlersbridge - Laragh by 1
Drumgoon v Ballyhaise - Draw
Ballymachugh v Ramor- Ballymachugh by 7
Drumlane v Ballinagh - Ballinagh by 7

Junior
Munterconnaught v Knocbride - Knockbride by 4
Drung v Denn - Denn by 4
Killdallan v Redhills - Redhills by 10
Mountnugent v Shannon Gaels - Draw
Drumalee v Maghera - Drumalee by 15
Kill v Corlough - Corlough by 1
Killinkere v Templeport - Killinkere by 2

Intermediate the main attraction with a few teams who could be on the ropes already after this weekend."
Out of interest Pat, what have you seen this year so far that makes you think Killygarry will beat Castlerahan?

IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 01/08/2019 14:15:50    2219444

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Replying To IamADragon:  "Out of interest Pat, what have you seen this year so far that makes you think Killygarry will beat Castlerahan?"
Just the 1 Castlerahan game which they won, and 0 Killygarry games. I am aware it is a bold prediction but I tried to go against myself on 3/4 occasions and predict a few shocks as I am sure there will be some in each group week.

Killygarry are a good team on their day and tend to start c'ships well before fizzling out to teams with greater depth in their squads.

I didn't say they would all be right! But a lot of them will...

PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 01/08/2019 14:42:58    2219459

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Killygarry for the win v Castlerahan is a bold prediction this weekend. The only chance Killygarry have is the fact that it is not a knockout game that said I would expect a Castlerahan win based on their recent league and championship performances

rahanman (Cavan) - Posts: 127 - 01/08/2019 17:37:17    2219531

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Replying To PatTheDandy:  "My predictions for the weekend:
Senior
Castlerahan v Killygarry - Killygarry by 1
Cavan Gaels v Lavey - Lavey by 3
Cootehill v Lacken - Lacken by 4
Crosserlough v Shercock - Crosserlough by 10
Kingscourt v Gowna - Gowna by 6

Intermediate
Killesandra v Cornafean - Cornafean by 1
Balieborough V Belturbet - Bailieborough by 1
Arva v Cuchulainn - Arva by 1
Laragh v Butlersbridge - Laragh by 1
Drumgoon v Ballyhaise - Draw
Ballymachugh v Ramor- Ballymachugh by 7
Drumlane v Ballinagh - Ballinagh by 7

Junior
Munterconnaught v Knocbride - Knockbride by 4
Drung v Denn - Denn by 4
Killdallan v Redhills - Redhills by 10
Mountnugent v Shannon Gaels - Draw
Drumalee v Maghera - Drumalee by 15
Kill v Corlough - Corlough by 1
Killinkere v Templeport - Killinkere by 2

Intermediate the main attraction with a few teams who could be on the ropes already after this weekend."
Accumulator busted on first prediction.

Great to see Connor Smith back last night. Played well too.

doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 03/08/2019 12:43:15    2220042

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Looks like talk of the Gaels bring finished was a bit premature.

BreffniGuide (Cavan) - Posts: 474 - 03/08/2019 20:50:56    2220260

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Replying To PatTheDandy:  "My predictions for the weekend:
Senior
Castlerahan v Killygarry - Killygarry by 1
Cavan Gaels v Lavey - Lavey by 3
Cootehill v Lacken - Lacken by 4
Crosserlough v Shercock - Crosserlough by 10
Kingscourt v Gowna - Gowna by 6

Intermediate
Killesandra v Cornafean - Cornafean by 1
Balieborough V Belturbet - Bailieborough by 1
Arva v Cuchulainn - Arva by 1
Laragh v Butlersbridge - Laragh by 1
Drumgoon v Ballyhaise - Draw
Ballymachugh v Ramor- Ballymachugh by 7
Drumlane v Ballinagh - Ballinagh by 7

Junior
Munterconnaught v Knocbride - Knockbride by 4
Drung v Denn - Denn by 4
Killdallan v Redhills - Redhills by 10
Mountnugent v Shannon Gaels - Draw
Drumalee v Maghera - Drumalee by 15
Kill v Corlough - Corlough by 1
Killinkere v Templeport - Killinkere by 2

Intermediate the main attraction with a few teams who could be on the ropes already after this weekend."
Excellent predictions with the junior championship apart from the Corlough game. Surely some bias there?

Steady Eddie Strikes again!!!

Steady_Eddie (Cavan) - Posts: 75 - 05/08/2019 17:12:02    2221227

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