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Mackey was working in London when McGleenan took over and was persuaded back. They got him a new job. FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2824 - 28/01/2020 11:18:05 2263150 Link 0 |
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Look after them at home, don't let them go. Do what it takes. Other counties are doing but it's been swept under the carpet. Virginia (Cavan) - Posts: 93 - 28/01/2020 10:46:57 Ok so tell me what you would have done to keep any of the lads from the starting 15 from last year on this years panel? RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 878 - 28/01/2020 11:36:36 2263159 Link 1 |
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They need to start by cutting this underage link to St Pats,year on year it's the same our minor squads are full of lads from unsuccessful St Pats teams and this year is no different. This year's Rannafast Squad who make up most of the minor panel didn't get by the quarter finals and we expect them to beat Derry in April??? The St Pat's MacRory starting team consisted of 10 of last years minors with the remainder made up of the previous years minors, yet they still couldn't beat a co-Ed school from Derry last week,and in an earlier round were beaten by 27 points by another Derry college.This link to St Pats hasn't worked for up on 50 years, it high time we started to select players based on their ability and not because of who they are. Then and only then we might see our top players coming through and being committed to the county in the future.Alas these young lads realise pretty quick that it's politics that selects the county squads and not ability so they move on and find other sports like soccer,athletics,rugby and even maybe basketball.
aceofspades (Cavan) - Posts: 257 - 29/01/2020 00:20:48 2263385 Link 0 |
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100% spot on
tom84 (Cavan) - Posts: 334 - 29/01/2020 09:17:25 2263401 Link 0 |
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What does St Pats have to do with lads who have opt out this year?
jbm (Cavan) - Posts: 6 - 29/01/2020 10:17:20 2263423 Link 0 |
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Niall Murray out of the Westmeath game, Conor Smith and Madden struggling to make it. Its hard to see where scores will come from. FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2824 - 29/01/2020 13:13:58 2263491 Link 0 |
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It's not actually St Pat's itself, it's the county boards attitude towards St Pats, if you play for them you are treated as elitist and every one else second rate whereas this isn't the reality.Our top young players aren't stupid and can see this happening, they know it's a case of who you are not what you are.In the years down the line if they are still at the top of their game and maybe called into join the senior squad they'll be thinking twice about it, they may give it a go for a year maybe not ,one bitten twice shy and all that. Treat players with respect you'll get it back in spades,treat them like s.... and you know the rest. So it's not at the present the effect will take place but in the future, and it maybe the reason lads declined the invitation in previous years.Indeed Gearoid McKiernan was being overlooked at underage, but common sense prevailed and he has turned out to be, not just one of the best in the county but also the province.
aceofspades (Cavan) - Posts: 257 - 29/01/2020 14:14:33 2263507 Link 0 |
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Would I be right in thinking none of the opt outs went to st pats? McVeety maybe did? Might have a point re county squad but has nothing to do with this topic.
JamsieMac (Cavan) - Posts: 482 - 29/01/2020 17:17:33 2263559 Link 0 |
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Ah yea sorry about that, but I was originally replying to a post questioning the ethics in the County Board and was just giving my two cents worth . Should have posted it in the continuous Failure thread.There is actually another thread dealing with opt outs.
aceofspades (Cavan) - Posts: 257 - 29/01/2020 18:49:14 2263586 Link 0 |
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Carrying a few injuries into Saturday night at this early stage in league the panel is starting to look bare it's must win I feel a huge game lose and id fear it's curtains for us hopefully we get a big reaction after the disaster last Saturday night and a few lads step up Westmeath will be no pushovers IanMccullagh (Cavan) - Posts: 7 - 30/01/2020 17:06:43 2263824 Link 0 |
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cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5193 - 30/01/2020 17:47:27 2263833 Link 0 |
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IanMccullagh (Cavan) - Posts: 7 - 30/01/2020 20:41:31 2263876 Link 0 |
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If he is gone it might be a god send so lets see how they perform over their next three matches for they have to win these games if they wish to stay up.
The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 30/01/2020 21:58:34 2263889 Link 0 |
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It's a mess the whole situation, the reports coming out about the goings on in the county set up is disappointing. Hopefully the lads can pull a win Saturday night goonie (Cavan) - Posts: 308 - 30/01/2020 22:07:22 2263890 Link 0 |
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IanMccullagh (Cavan) - Posts: 7 - 30/01/2020 22:19:18 2263892 Link 0 |
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Little surprised at conditioning and fitness of players last Saturday night especially compared to Armagh. Perhaps over trained with wrong training. Was at Clare game which was first round of division 2 league a couple of years back and thought both teams would be relegated after terrible game. Cavan ended up getting promoted. A win is possible Saturday against Westmeath and hopefully season kicks on from there. Gaa1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 30/01/2020 23:16:27 2263907 Link 0 |
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I have no doubt Mickey and co are trying their best. However, are they approaching it in the right fashion? Is there a need to rack up 23/24 sessions in November? Is there a need for 20+ sessions in December? Does this entice players to play football at an amateur level??? I can count 10 players who played at some stage last year not being part of the panel this year. How can you compete at a high level if this is the case?? If a player wants to take November / December off so be it - joining the panel the 1st of Jan is not an issue in my eyes, especially for players who have a couple of years under their belt. Maybe if this the case than maybe half of those players may have not dropped out. Some of our absentees would have steadied that ship last Saturday and lessened the blow. delialli (Cavan) - Posts: 10 - 31/01/2020 01:10:05 2263913 Link 0 |
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Whipped last week, injuries mounting up, bad vibes from the panel, and the 6 nations on the TV. MadgeKing (Cavan) - Posts: 493 - 31/01/2020 11:42:20 2263949 Link 0 |
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They do not have to win the next 3 matches to stay up, if they win 3 out of the next 6 matches it could/should keep them up.
Breffnisbest (Cavan) - Posts: 473 - 31/01/2020 14:23:28 2263993 Link 0 |
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if the whole thing is a mess..do you really want them to win the odd game to paper over the cracks and cover up the mess? Would it not be better they get beaten so that proper questions start to be asked of the proper folk?
wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1720 - 31/01/2020 14:27:36 2263994 Link 0 |