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Thanks for ye'r hospitality today Cavan lads. I got talking to some lovely people in the stand and on the field after the game , I couldn't miss my chance to walk on to the breffni pitch. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 26/03/2017 23:36:02 1971556 Link 0 |
even if we end up level on 6 points with Kerry and mayo we can still survive. a 7 or 8 point swing could do it. ( we win by 8 and mayo lose by 7). s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 27/03/2017 00:23:55 1971565 Link 0 |
Fair play KingdomBoy1 nice post. Hopefully ye will do us a favour by getting a result against Tyrone at home as I feel Donegal have a league final place at stake against Mayo so should be well up for it. That just leaves us having to beat our bogey team of the last few years. Roscommon will be no pushover at home and scoring 1-14 against the Dubs is probably enough to win most games. Morale seems good within the setup , we have a few months now to improve on a few things like our composure in front of goal and our shooting. Regardless of what happens we have held our own with 3 Div1 teams and most people would have settled for that at the start of the league. Mattie has given new players a fair crack at it during this league. We are improving with each game . An Ulster final appearance is not out of the question if we can keep everybody fit. No stupid straight red cards next Sunday is a must as this will affect the 1st round of the championship. Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 27/03/2017 08:28:23 1971603 Link 0 |
Oh yeah but if be amazed if Mayo are beat by more than 3 or 4. I do think Donegal will win tho. A win puts them in a league final so they'll go all out hopefully. Kerry Tyrone is always a big game. Kerry won't want to be beaten at home in their final league game. Theres every chance both results will go our way. We need to make absolutely sure we do our own job first and foremost. If we do happen to be 6 or 7 up at half time then by all means go hell for leather but as bad as roscommon have been, they're still very dangerous. They made 3 goal scoring chances in the 1st half alone against dublin. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5199 - 27/03/2017 08:48:00 1971608 Link 0 |
We won't win by 8 and Mayo won't lose by 7 at home that definitely won't happen. But I still feel results could go our way IF we do our own job properly . It would be great achievement to stay up as we seem to be growing in confidence with every game. But it won't be the end of the world if we go down because looking at Div 2 we are well capable of bouncing straight back up. Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 27/03/2017 09:33:21 1971629 Link 0 |
How many more scores would we need if it was a three way tie like last year with Cork being relegated with six points to be ahead of Mayo or Kerry????.
The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 27/03/2017 09:51:17 1971636 Link 0 |
We are -20 and Mayo are -5 Kerry are +6 so they are safe . We would need to win by 8 and Mayo to lose by 7 then we would both be -12 but we would win on the head to head. Can't see Mayo losing by 7 or us winning by 8. So the best we can hope for is Kerry to get a result against Tyrone. Donegal to beat Mayo. Us to win , that would relegate Mayo on the 2 way head to head with us. If we do our job I think the other results will run to suit us. After all Donegal are 1 win away from a league final so they will be up for the Mayo game. Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 27/03/2017 10:34:26 1971663 Link 0 |
I know we need other results to go our way but the team need to concentrate on beating Roscommon and by god we owe them one. ponger (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 27/03/2017 10:44:12 1971674 Link 0 |
I thought if we beat Roscommon and Donegal beat Mayo that we go above Mayo on the head to head and score difference is irrelevant? No? Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12208 - 27/03/2017 10:58:06 1971680 Link 0 |
I don't know will Donegal actually want to beat Mayo and get into a league final against Dublin before Championship. gowna02 (Cavan) - Posts: 99 - 27/03/2017 10:58:30 1971681 Link 1 |
Pitch looked great yesterday Sean
TheFean (Cavan) - Posts: 28 - 27/03/2017 11:16:04 1971695 Link 0 |
Pitch looked great yesterday Sean TheFean (Cavan) - Posts:4 - 27/03/2017 11:16:04 1971695 Thank you a lot of work and the good weather was a great help to have our county pitch looking great again. Lined it three times to give it a good stand out effect. Weather means a lot on a day like yesterday as well. The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 27/03/2017 11:27:35 1971704 Link 0 |
Only if Kerry don't lose. If Kerry lose they'll stay on 6 pts too and with 3 teams on 6 pts head to head doesn't matter. It'll be score difference. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5199 - 27/03/2017 11:35:57 1971709 Link 1 |
Great day & even better occasion. Good to be a cavan supporter again after the performances in castlebar last week & breffni yesterday. We have settled in division 1 & have stability in our team again. Even if results go against us next weekend we have to accomplish what's under our control & beat Roscommon. If that's not good enough to keep us up we will have momentum in preparation for the championship. Thought Killian Clarke put one of the best forwards in the country in his back pocket yesterday & mcvitty showed his class again. Mackey & Mcdermott played exceptional well with mackeys vision for a pass & McDermott's coolness with the free's vital. Also credit to Johnson for nailing the final free. Negatives have to be our complete inability to win our own kick-out especially in the second half , erratic shooting & concession of free's especially in the last qrt that would normally have cost us the point. I said it last week after the mayo game but we have reverted to our defensive game again and while difficult to watch at times the players are obviously exceptionally comfortable with it and performances have improved. Congrats to players & management bond (Longford) - Posts: 174 - 27/03/2017 12:01:14 1971724 Link 0 |
How do you know it's going to be against Dublin?? If Monaghan beat Dublin in clones it will be Monaghan v Donegal if they both win. Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 27/03/2017 12:28:33 1971733 Link 0 |
Agree with you on Killian who also managed to score himself. Thought he did a good job the previous week on Cillian O' Connor too.
TheFean (Cavan) - Posts: 28 - 27/03/2017 13:05:52 1971771 Link 0 |
Congratulations to team and management on a great point yesterday. Despite what a lot of people were saying about the Mayo team losing their last two, that was always going to be a game that we absolutely had to take something from. That's the real positive from our point of view that the lads fought it out till the end even though the performance left a lot of room for improvement. It was hard to watch at times thanks in no small part to Maurice Deegan. Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 27/03/2017 13:38:46 1971793 Link 0 |
I hope I'm wrong but I think the Roscommon game is going to be a very difficult away fixture. Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 27/03/2017 14:13:01 1971812 Link 0 |
Dublin will remain unbeaten until August
gowna02 (Cavan) - Posts: 99 - 27/03/2017 14:13:26 1971813 Link 0 |
hardtimes For the take down on Dara McVeety when in on goal, that was farcical. It was a stone wall penalty Deegan bottled it what's new. Also Dara caught a kick out and got his mark as well as Joe Dillion. We should watch the Donegal match and see how they managed midfield, they made no effort to field it but instead basket ball or volleyball style tapped it to their own man we fell down here sadly for Kerry took the majority of the breaking balls. We left one point behind us but taking a point from it in the end was fantastic. In the last 10 minuets of the first half we had 7 wides all of them scoreable. The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4601 - 27/03/2017 14:33:34 1971824 Link 0 |