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Should We Get Agroup Of Talent Spotters To Assist Advise The Cavan Senior Selectors

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Tomsmith here

In conversation with equally astute Gaa followers in a Cavan Town hostelry it was mooted by the great Mrs T that what was needed in Cavan was a group of people ( Male and female accepted ) that would advise or assist the permanent Cavan County senior selectors . It was stated by an astute person that in the past a few footballers escaped the net and subsequently emigrated or stopped football.
For instance small Clubs away out in the Country from a big Town could have a big fellow who could deliver for us in our time of need .
Remember a whole host of great Cavan footballers never went to St Pats, never played underage but delivered for the County later in life.
These are the type of finds we want to make now .
I am sure loads of posters would know a fellow of two that should get a County trial

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4067 - 11/02/2025 00:24:27    2590525

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Replying To tomsmith:  "Tomsmith here

In conversation with equally astute Gaa followers in a Cavan Town hostelry it was mooted by the great Mrs T that what was needed in Cavan was a group of people ( Male and female accepted ) that would advise or assist the permanent Cavan County senior selectors . It was stated by an astute person that in the past a few footballers escaped the net and subsequently emigrated or stopped football.
For instance small Clubs away out in the Country from a big Town could have a big fellow who could deliver for us in our time of need .
Remember a whole host of great Cavan footballers never went to St Pats, never played underage but delivered for the County later in life.
These are the type of finds we want to make now .
I am sure loads of posters would know a fellow of two that should get a County trial"
Tpmsmith here
After Sundays near miss we definitely need to unearth any new talent that is out there. I dont know what the small Country team players are like but in times of need to need talent. Should it be big fellows that play for wee Country clubs we need you.
I have to remind all that I was formally a person that advocated that our manager only pick from big Town teams like , Cavan Gaels, Kingscourt, Ramout, Downs ,,

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4067 - 18/02/2025 23:09:52    2591857

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tomsmith here

Its very sad that no one will come up with a few names to help out in our time of need . Currently we are down on our knees and with relegation staring us in the face we need suggestions .
I recall that I discovered David Givney years ago myself.. I saw him play and I felt he was County material and I put it up on this site . The goal that he scored in that drawn Ulster final vindicated me ..
So Lads and Lassies help our selectors to unearth your undiscovered County talent .

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4067 - 23/02/2025 09:37:10    2592559

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Replying To tomsmith:  "tomsmith here

Its very sad that no one will come up with a few names to help out in our time of need . Currently we are down on our knees and with relegation staring us in the face we need suggestions .
I recall that I discovered David Givney years ago myself.. I saw him play and I felt he was County material and I put it up on this site . The goal that he scored in that drawn Ulster final vindicated me ..
So Lads and Lassies help our selectors to unearth your undiscovered County talent ."
Tomsmith Here

With Raymond Galligan stepping down now it would be a big hasty to nominate people to assist the new setup.
Particularly if the Arva man is the new manager he will take in his own crew .
So step back from suggesting anyone for now

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4067 - 08/07/2025 20:35:19    2624494

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first sign of onset of dementia tom talking to yourself all the time

breffnibluewhite (Cavan) - Posts: 498 - 09/07/2025 09:50:25    2624555

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Replying To breffnibluewhite:  "first sign of onset of dementia tom talking to yourself all the time"
This was a great example of how to appropriately deal with these threads, until you made this post. Well done.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12450 - 09/07/2025 12:04:25    2624584

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Blue and White Cavan and Breffni 40

Tomsmith here
There's always going to be someone out there… who doesn't believe in you or who thinks your head is too big or you're not smart enough. But those are the people you need to ignore, and those are the times you need to just keep doing what you love doing." -Jimmy Fallon
Aye its odious that Jimmy Fallon wrote those words all those years ago and how appropriate they are to your two comments about Tomsmiths inspirational , informative and intelligent Posts

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4067 - 09/07/2025 20:24:39    2624713

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