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Replying To breffnibluewhite: "At least new chairman has already come up with new ideas to save money and reinvest it in the upgrading of Breffni park so that it can cater for the average crowd that attends matches in there ie less than 2000. I hear they are restricting the amount of free match programs issued to voluntary workers like the civil defence. Fair play to him this should save thousands of euros." Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. The only game in Breffni since the new chairman was elected was the All Ireland Semi Final and the programs for that would have nothing to do with Cavan Co Board Cavan_Ned (Cavan) - Posts: 95 - 13/01/2025 14:33:14 2585732 Link
So with 100 hours left to the throw in against Monaghan can anyone hazard a go at naming the time that will take the field against Monaghan and hope to get it 75% right? Breffnisbest (Cavan) - Posts: 474 - 21/01/2025 10:04:35 2586735 Link
Replying To Breffnisbest: "So with 100 hours left to the throw in against Monaghan can anyone hazard a go at naming the time that will take the field against Monaghan and hope to get it 75% right?" 1 Gary Orourke 2 Brian O'Connell 3 Oisin Kieran Denn 4 Niall Carolan 5 Padraig falkner 6 Dara Mcveety 7 ciaran Brady 8 killian Clarke 9 Luke Malloy 10 Gerry smith 11 sean mcavoy 12 Oisin Kieran 13 daragh Lovett 14 James smith 15 Oisin Brady. Papasmurf1903 (Cavan) - Posts: 1 - 21/01/2025 11:26:34 2586756 Link
Very exciting to see how Cavan take to the new rules. Really different talk on the rules. No better to start than against the Farney in first game. Games will come thick and fast. Gary O'Rourke Luke Fourtune/Jason McLoughlin Oisín Kiernan Brian O'Connell Pádraig Faulkner Niall Carolan Ciarán Brady Gearóid McKiernan Killian Clarke Cian Madden Gerry Smith Oisín Brady Darragh Lovett James Smith Dara McVetty Cavan67 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 22/01/2025 12:25:16 2586938 Link
Replying To Cavan67: "Very exciting to see how Cavan take to the new rules. Really different talk on the rules. No better to start than against the Farney in first game. Games will come thick and fast. Gary O'Rourke Luke Fourtune/Jason McLoughlin Oisín Kiernan Brian O'Connell Pádraig Faulkner Niall Carolan Ciarán Brady Gearóid McKiernan Killian Clarke Cian Madden Gerry Smith Oisín Brady Darragh Lovett James Smith Dara McVetty" Gearoid, Cian Madden and Oisin Brady won't be available through injury Bigcall (Cavan) - Posts: 17 - 22/01/2025 13:35:57 2586951 Link
Replying To Bigcall: "Gearoid, Cian Madden and Oisin Brady won't be available through injury" according to WAC Oisin Brady gone from panel. Any truth there? i.am.legend (UK) - Posts: 47 - 24/01/2025 09:26:14 2587269 Link
Replying To i.am.legend: "according to WAC Oisin Brady gone from panel. Any truth there?" Seems so, teams were named 1. Gary O'Rourke ..................1. Rory Beggan 2. Niall Carolan......................2. Ryan Wylie 3. Brían O'Connell.................3. Killian Lavelle 4. Jason McLaughlin..............4. Dylan Byrne 5. Pádraig Faulkner ..............5. Ryan O'Toole 6. Dara McVeety....................6. Colm Lennon 7. Oisin Kiernan.....................7. Conor McCarthy 8. Killian Clarke.........…..........8. Barry McBennett 9. Evan Crowe........................9. Micheál McCarville 10. Ciarán Brady...................10. Ryan McAnespie 11. Gerry Smith.....................11. Micheál Bannigan 12. Luke Molloy.....................12. Ciarán McNulty 13. Ryan O'Neill.....................13. David Garland 14. James Smith....................14. Andrew Woods 15. Seán McEvoy...................15. Seán Jones 16. Nevin O'Donnell..............16. Darragh Croarkan 17. Cian Reilly.........................17. Jack Doogan 18. Luke Fortune ...................18. Joel Wilson 19. Peter Smith.......................19. Gavin McPhillips 20. Cormac McKeogh.............20. Kevin Loughran 21. Ryan Donohoe..................21. Fergal Hanratty 22. Ruairi Curran.....................22. Micheal Hamill 23. Tiernan Madden...............23. Jason Irwin 24. Conor Madden..................24. Bobby McCaul 25. Thomas ED Donohoe.......25. Stephen Mooney 26. Darragh Lovett..................26. Jack McCarron 97Cavans (Cavan) - Posts: 401 - 24/01/2025 18:53:54 2587383 Link
Not the start that was needed…. Monaghan were the better team no doubt about that… Meath now turns into a vital game… looser of that game will face a battle to survive relegation..! ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3675 - 26/01/2025 09:32:52 2587582 Link
Decent performance. More positives than negatives. Positives being the new lads, McEvoy in particular. Molloy with a good debut. McVeety looked fully fit and had a brilliant game. Some of the older lads looked very heavy legged, let's hope it's the time of year rather than age Monaghan love the league and will likely challenge for promotion. The new rules are a farce, bar the kick out one (which should have been introduced years ago). The most enjoyable part of the game was mid way through the second half when Beggan was forced long and there were a couple of scraps for possession and the crowd got involved. But for a derby game this was timid stuff, more like an u12 match. Overly cleansed, too loose, almost no physicality or bit of needle. Watching Armagh Galway here, the game is turning into basketball on a football field 97Cavans (Cavan) - Posts: 401 - 26/01/2025 12:37:49 2587626 Link
Replying To 97Cavans: "Decent performance. More positives than negatives. Positives being the new lads, McEvoy in particular. Molloy with a good debut. McVeety looked fully fit and had a brilliant game. Some of the older lads looked very heavy legged, let's hope it's the time of year rather than age Monaghan love the league and will likely challenge for promotion. The new rules are a farce, bar the kick out one (which should have been introduced years ago). The most enjoyable part of the game was mid way through the second half when Beggan was forced long and there were a couple of scraps for possession and the crowd got involved. But for a derby game this was timid stuff, more like an u12 match. Overly cleansed, too loose, almost no physicality or bit of needle. Watching Armagh Galway here, the game is turning into basketball on a football field" 100% agree on the rules. The stated aim was to make the 'product' enjoyable to watch, which was interpreted as high scoring it seems. While something had to happen to break the stalemate in the game, the mistake was a total misdiagnosis of the reason for over-and-back possession football. We need a CONTEST FOR POSSESSION in the game. What we have now will turn into a nice run out for the suburban moms and dads to watch while knowing FIachra and Sennan won't get too roughed up. Or dirty even. Put it this way, Monaghan went to Breffni last night with half a new team and a lot of big names gone or missing, we were apprehensive no doubt. They racked up 2-22. As Monaghan supporters we should be buzzing today, instead it's all a bit, well, nice. Would rather have won 15-11 in a proper contest than what we saw last night. Cavan will be fine in Div2 by the way, whenever they get a few things sorted they will have much too much for Louth, Down, Meath and Westmeath. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1166 - 26/01/2025 17:03:44 2587717 Link
Great crowd in Breffni Saturday night and a very high scoring game, new rules will take a bit of getting use to, but one positive I took from watching all the games overs the weekend was teams willing to attack (bearing in mind, the semi-final of the McRory Cup on Sunday) finished 5 points to 1 goal to Maghera, so I can see why things needed to change. Unfortunately, Cavan came out the wrong side of the scoreline but they'll learn from it and move on, the won a lot of kickouts on the second half but some wasteful kicking and a bit off ill-discipline from a few players let them down. Crowe, Molloy and McEvoy were very bright and great to see some new faces on the team. Conor Madden needs to start too, James Smith isnt a full forward, play him midfield and get a good 40/50 minutes out of him. The other thing is the game now requires high fitness levels which means utilisng the bench a bit more, I think management got the substitutions wrong and left some of the older players on the pitch too long. Onwards and upwards but I think the 2 point rule will be great for the game and will swing a few games in the future. Hopefully a few more entertaining games in the future. Pologrounds2025 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 26/01/2025 18:42:47 2587751 Link
Replying To countrytool: "Not sure if return of McKieran is good news. He was finished as an inter county player 2 years ago. Hes not going to be a starter. Only thing he is doing is blocking a space for a young player with potential." Well I expect G McKiernan will be one of Chavan's top scorers from double pints. He is the best play Cavan have to be able to score from length. Good that he is back and the best of luck to him going forward for this season. The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4602 - 27/01/2025 21:29:58 2588060 Link
Replying To The Quiet Man: "Well I expect G McKiernan will be one of Chavan's top scorers from double pints. He is the best play Cavan have to be able to score from length. Good that he is back and the best of luck to him going forward for this season." We got more 2 pointers than most teams at the weekend but still ended up losing… we had an awful lot of bad attempts as well which is a major flaw with it as players end up taking pot shots when otherwise they would try and work it into a better scoring position…. Our inability to be able to get 3 pointers is more of a concern than picking players who may have a pot shot from outside this ridiculous arc.. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3675 - 28/01/2025 07:01:12 2588081 Link
Replying To The Quiet Man: "Well I expect G McKiernan will be one of Chavan's top scorers from double pints. He is the best play Cavan have to be able to score from length. Good that he is back and the best of luck to him going forward for this season." I'm not sure you will to be honest, I think the reason for McKiernan being back is to put him in on the square, or maybe the thought is that he might kick the frees where there is double points available. Its a young mans game now and from what I saw Saturday night, a lot of our older players ran out of steam after 50 minutes but were still left on the pitch, at one point near the end, the Monaghan midfielder ran through the Cavan defence and our midfield were 20 yards behind trying to catch him. Pologrounds2025 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 28/01/2025 12:24:44 2588153 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "We got more 2 pointers than most teams at the weekend but still ended up losing… we had an awful lot of bad attempts as well which is a major flaw with it as players end up taking pot shots when otherwise they would try and work it into a better scoring position…. Our inability to be able to get 3 pointers is more of a concern than picking players who may have a pot shot from outside this ridiculous arc.." The main concern is old habits, McVeety carrying the ball into the tackle, Clarke giving away needless frees and mouthing resulting in the ball being moved forward. Monaghan looked a lot more iventive, they moved the ball quicker and had runners of the shoulder, whilst Cavan looked a bit more laboured and holding onto the ball too long at times. Plenty of time for improvement, great to see new faces, but Galligan needs to sort out the positions as some of the positions didnt work. Pologrounds2025 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 28/01/2025 12:28:20 2588154 Link
Sadly Monaghan looked the better team, but at time Cavan played very well. Defo Cavan played well for the first 15 minutes, and last 15 minutes. The new rules were challenging, and will take time to get used too. Cavan had bad wides, alone with missing a free taker. This division is going to be so tight, and goals will be key. Cavan should have had a goal or two, and will need them going forward. Goals have been an issue for a few years, but there was plenty of positives to move forward. Meath on Sunday is a big one. Plenty of good and bad results in Navan over the years. It will tight. Does anyone know the current news on the injuries of likes of Cian Madden, Paddy Lynch, Oisín Brady, Gearóid McKiernan..... Cavan67 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 28/01/2025 18:07:34 2588237 Link
Cavan's biggest problem is their tendency to hold onto the ball for too long with needless soloing or lateral hand passing which slows the movement down too much… As good a player as McVeety is he has a terrible habit of soloing far too much .. Our deplorable goal return can be directly attributed to our slow build up play for the last number of years… Goals come from moving the ball quickly to the forward line before before the whole defence gets clogged up…It won't always end up with a goal but would greatly increase the chances of getting one….How these coaches and persist with this slow build up play and expect goals to come is nothing short of laughable..! ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3675 - 28/01/2025 18:31:40 2588240 Link
Replying To Cavan67: "Sadly Monaghan looked the better team, but at time Cavan played very well. Defo Cavan played well for the first 15 minutes, and last 15 minutes. The new rules were challenging, and will take time to get used too. Cavan had bad wides, alone with missing a free taker. This division is going to be so tight, and goals will be key. Cavan should have had a goal or two, and will need them going forward. Goals have been an issue for a few years, but there was plenty of positives to move forward. Meath on Sunday is a big one. Plenty of good and bad results in Navan over the years. It will tight. Does anyone know the current news on the injuries of likes of Cian Madden, Paddy Lynch, Oisín Brady, Gearóid McKiernan....." Brady isnt injured, he left the panel due to a fallout with management. Pologrounds2025 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 29/01/2025 09:59:39 2588303 Link
Best of luck to the team today…. A big improvement in front of goal needed from the last day or we will be sliding towards the trap door….. We need to find a way to get goals…. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3675 - 02/02/2025 11:46:49 2588859 Link
another embarrassing result Creilly_Baby (Cavan) - Posts: 43 - 02/02/2025 17:37:04 2588954 Link