Stay in division 2 and win the tailteann cup will do for this year.

breffnibluewhite (Cavan) - Posts: 485 - 07/01/2024 16:45:37    2518836

Loughduff Lad (Cavan) - Posts: 2466 - 07/01/2024 22:12:35    2518926

wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1731 - 07/01/2024 22:14:24    2518928

RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 883 - 08/01/2024 10:27:15    2518964

KingdomofBreifne (Cavan) - Posts: 177 - 08/01/2024 17:32:11    2519087

Any news on McVitty - is he on the panel? Haven't seen any mention of his name lately and it would be a huge blow if he wasn't around this season. He was our key player last season up until that injury against Down I think.

TheFean (Cavan) - Posts: 28 - 09/01/2024 00:23:37    2519150

wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1731 - 09/01/2024 01:16:37    2519152

another strong looking team named by galligan and associates. you would have to feel that our first win of the season will come tomorrow night. Down are no great shakes even at full strength. best of luck to all.

Creilly_Baby (Cavan) - Posts: 43 - 09/01/2024 14:13:28    2519242

RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 883 - 09/01/2024 15:07:46    2519264

KingdomofBreifne (Cavan) - Posts: 177 - 09/01/2024 17:37:06    2519307

Any word on Cian Madden playing this year? Or any other key players from the last few years. Like for example Thomas Galligan. Anyone know will he be returning from his travels?

Breffini1967 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 09/01/2024 21:03:09    2519334

KingdomofBreifne (Cavan) - Posts: 177 - 10/01/2024 17:56:59    2519461

Leading by a goal at half time. 0-6 to 1-6. Hope they keep it up now

Loughduff Lad (Cavan) - Posts: 2466 - 10/01/2024 20:12:53    2519476

Midfield very poor did not win a single long kick out in the second half even though we had a height advantage on Down. back line cut open on numerous occasions poor kick out decisions in second half three kick outs in a row kicked to where Down gaol keeper was standing and all won by down. Forward play good but again lack the killer instinct why take a goal when a point will do still the attitude.

breffnibluewhite (Cavan) - Posts: 485 - 10/01/2024 21:31:32    2519498

Same old same old…

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 752 - 10/01/2024 21:42:19    2519500

IamADragon (Cavan) - Posts: 306 - 10/01/2024 22:07:34    2519502

9 point turnaround in the 2nd half..another moral defeat?

wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1731 - 10/01/2024 23:05:13    2519510

Having watched the two games, I must say its very disappointing . We never seem to be able to close out games , we lost a six point lead and then another two point lead in the last quarter of that game tonight . Too many missed goal chances , no confidence or calmness shown when a goal is clearly on , thats the big difference between the top teams and the likes of ourselves . I dont know if thats something that can be coached . Our kick outs really let us down in the second half , we couldnt win a ball at midfield either cleanly or from a break. I know people say its only the McKenna cup but its the same for all counties and Down are a division 3 side this year and we really should have won that game . There were some good performances all the same , thought Oisin Kiernan ( Castlerahan ) had a good game and was prepared to let the ball in early , also Oisin Brady , Kilian Brady & Paddy Lynch showed up well at times. We have a lot of work to do and in my opinion we ll be lucky to win a game in Division 2 - hope I m wrong.

tenyearplan (Cavan) - Posts: 147 - 10/01/2024 23:13:58    2519515

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 752 - 11/01/2024 10:45:09    2519566

On reflection, the McKenna cup has been a bit of a mixed bag overall. Still hard to assess where we are at as a team.
On the positive side, we are finally starting to move the ball quicker on the turnover. There's less of this lateral rubbish we have been accustomed to over the last few years. We actually caught Down on the hop last night by the speed of our counter attack . The best football we played in the last 10 years was against Donegal in 22 when we moved fast up up the field.
On the contrast, I feel we have big issues defensively and in goals. I can see us being very leaky in division 2. Similar to Graham's tenure , We don't seem to have any system or cohesion to our defensive play. We bring lads back for the sake of bringing lads back , most of the time they don't seem to understand what to do. The amount of scores Down got with little to no pressure on the kicker. We were cut open a few times and better teams would have banged in 4 or 5 goals on us.
Secondly, for the second week in a row the bench seemed to weaken the whole thing. A few lads last night will be very lucky to make the final panel.. The only bright spark over the last two weeks from the bench was young Emanuel Shehu who at least has a bit of cut to him.
If Ray can get a bit more structure to our defense and get lads back we should be ok in Division 2 but in the longer term it's hard to know where we are at.

asdfg (Cavan) - Posts: 320 - 11/01/2024 12:12:23    2519582