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Division 3 North 2021

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Replying To cavanman47:  "Well that was what we feared. .

Eaely days and a long layoff but that was dreadful stuff. Fermanagh are bad. And we were somehow worse."
Don't worry maybe there will be a gale force wind with yous the next day out!!

monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 398 - 15/05/2021 21:56:38    2342147

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Replying To monaghanmad:  "Don't worry maybe there will be a gale force wind with yous the next day out!!"
Yeah. . .one of those special ones that changes direction so it only favours 1 team for the entire match. .

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5200 - 15/05/2021 22:13:31    2342154

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To be honest this result came as no great shock to me... Our league form since Mickey has taken over has been nothing short of abysmal leading to 2 consecutive relegations .. Those who predicted a Cavan v Tipperary league Final ( no doubt based on last season's shock championship wins ) look well of the mark now after today's results....! Cavan are not as good as some people might think... remember we are in division 3 for a very good reason...!!

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3057 - 15/05/2021 23:32:03    2342191

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What ever chance we have against Longford, Derry will be a tough nut to crack.
Must be very hard on players trying to get back to playing cohesive football after such a long break.
Fermanagh had a bit of a head start with regards to training but surety a near full strength Cavan team should be good enough to beat them.

Virginia (Cavan) - Posts: 101 - 16/05/2021 07:41:38    2342214

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Disappointed with the result but not that surprised. Fermanagh and any other Ulster team we meet are going to be gunning to take down the Ulster champs, it's only 1st competitive game so you have to look at it in that light, room to improve but let's not lose the plot

facer4home (Cavan) - Posts: 159 - 16/05/2021 09:00:40    2342224

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I know it was the first game back after a long layoff. But it's the same for everyone so why are we allowed use that as an excuse ?
After the semi last year, we all spoke about closing the gap with Dublin and trying to get back to that stage . If we were any way serious about that we would have hit the ground running yesterday by putting bad teams like that to the sword.. look at Kerry and mayo yesterday. No mercy . Its division 3 football and it looked like its where we belonged . That is what it is causing the frustration. Its very hard to give out after the memories last year , but division 4 would be a real disaster for Cavan football. Based on yesterday we will beat longford and lose to Derry. We could potentially be in one game relegation play of v tipperary which I would not fancy at all .
I was very excited when the team was named but the changes to the starting line up really weakened the team. Does anyone know the story with Caoìmhin? He was the best club forward in the county last summer and he got us promoted to division 1 in 2018 on his own. Why is he not involved? Apart from the flashes from McGovern the forwards were so poor.

blueskies (Cavan) - Posts: 197 - 16/05/2021 10:38:02    2342248

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Same old failings. Too much passing and nobody wanting to take a shot.

marita (None) - Posts: 468 - 16/05/2021 22:17:41    2342580

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Replying To blueskies:  "I know it was the first game back after a long layoff. But it's the same for everyone so why are we allowed use that as an excuse ?
After the semi last year, we all spoke about closing the gap with Dublin and trying to get back to that stage . If we were any way serious about that we would have hit the ground running yesterday by putting bad teams like that to the sword.. look at Kerry and mayo yesterday. No mercy . Its division 3 football and it looked like its where we belonged . That is what it is causing the frustration. Its very hard to give out after the memories last year , but division 4 would be a real disaster for Cavan football. Based on yesterday we will beat longford and lose to Derry. We could potentially be in one game relegation play of v tipperary which I would not fancy at all .
I was very excited when the team was named but the changes to the starting line up really weakened the team. Does anyone know the story with Caoìmhin? He was the best club forward in the county last summer and he got us promoted to division 1 in 2018 on his own. Why is he not involved? Apart from the flashes from McGovern the forwards were so poor."
Best club forward in the county last year is a slight exaggeration, single handedly getting us promoted to division 1 is a pretty ridiculous statement too. He's back in this year but out with a muscle injury I believe

an_cearrbhach (Cavan) - Posts: 28 - 17/05/2021 13:26:52    2342771

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I feel sorry for Caoimhin Reilly on two fronts, 1 he seems to collect a lot of niggly injuries and 2 the ridiculous hype around him such as the nonsense blueskies just wrote. I was disappointed with the performance myself but I still think we can and will still get promoted by bearing Longford and Derry plus win the semi final.

fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 17/05/2021 15:13:09    2342806

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Bit of an anti climax on Saturday twas a tough watch. Maybe it was the camera angle.
Probably not the worst result, brings Cavan people back down to earth. We should be better in a few weeks time if we can get everyone fit. We were lucky with injuries last year, hopefully we can get them lads back fit.
Only real quality came from Quigley who put on an exhibition. His frees were so well struck Ray didn't even need to watch it go through the posts, he was already getting the tee ready. Pity we dont have someone like that in our inside line.

97Cavans (Cavan) - Posts: 378 - 17/05/2021 15:49:45    2342828

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Replying To 97Cavans:  "Bit of an anti climax on Saturday twas a tough watch. Maybe it was the camera angle.
Probably not the worst result, brings Cavan people back down to earth. We should be better in a few weeks time if we can get everyone fit. We were lucky with injuries last year, hopefully we can get them lads back fit.
Only real quality came from Quigley who put on an exhibition. His frees were so well struck Ray didn't even need to watch it go through the posts, he was already getting the tee ready. Pity we dont have someone like that in our inside line."
The problem is we could have 3 Quigleys in our inside forward line and it would make no difference as those out the field wouldn't kick the ball into them... they would rather flute around with needles passing than kick it in...

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3057 - 17/05/2021 16:26:49    2342852

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Replying To 97Cavans:  "Bit of an anti climax on Saturday twas a tough watch. Maybe it was the camera angle.
Probably not the worst result, brings Cavan people back down to earth. We should be better in a few weeks time if we can get everyone fit. We were lucky with injuries last year, hopefully we can get them lads back fit.
Only real quality came from Quigley who put on an exhibition. His frees were so well struck Ray didn't even need to watch it go through the posts, he was already getting the tee ready. Pity we dont have someone like that in our inside line."
Don't think we missed a free apart from 1 from Galligan from long range. Gearoid and Paddy Lynch kicked a couple each.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5200 - 17/05/2021 17:18:45    2342875

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Replying To cavanman47:  "Don't think we missed a free apart from 1 from Galligan from long range. Gearoid and Paddy Lynch kicked a couple each."
Chris conroy missed a easy one

blueman1903 (Cavan) - Posts: 885 - 17/05/2021 18:38:58    2342890

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Replying To ForeverBlue2:  "The problem is we could have 3 Quigleys in our inside forward line and it would make no difference as those out the field wouldn't kick the ball into them... they would rather flute around with needles passing than kick it in..."
That's simply not true, if anything we kicked way too many balls into a 14 man defence instead of running off the shoulder. Lots of ball went in, the quality of it was mostly poor.

fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 17/05/2021 19:37:06    2342909

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Quigley wouldn't make it on the Cavan panel cause he wouldn't be able to do the runs

tom84 (Cavan) - Posts: 334 - 17/05/2021 21:00:52    2342926

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Should Cavan, Fermanagh and Derry all Finish on 4 points is it score difference that decides what teams go to the Semi Finals and which team goes to relegation semi final?

Breffnisbest (Cavan) - Posts: 473 - 18/05/2021 08:59:49    2342993

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Replying To tom84:  "Quigley wouldn't make it on the Cavan panel cause he wouldn't be able to do the runs"
This is the truth unfortunately.
There is a lot to be said for a lad who can kick the ball over the bar

gowna02 (Cavan) - Posts: 99 - 18/05/2021 11:08:57    2343020

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Replying To gowna02:  "This is the truth unfortunately.
There is a lot to be said for a lad who can kick the ball over the bar"
When he wins an Ulster title with a McGee beating lumps out of him you talk about him in that vein. Now hes a lad that puts in a few decent performances and boasts about having no discipline on diet or fitness

fredflint (Cavan) - Posts: 1485 - 18/05/2021 14:00:26    2343090

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Replying To fredflint:  "When he wins an Ulster title with a McGee beating lumps out of him you talk about him in that vein. Now hes a lad that puts in a few decent performances and boasts about having no discipline on diet or fitness"
Yet to see a score awarded for lifting a weight, sprinting 100metres in 10 seconds or eating seeds 365 days a year.

Thats problem with football these days, not enough FOOTball training.

macca999 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 1143 - 18/05/2021 16:07:16    2343136

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Replying To macca999:  "Yet to see a score awarded for lifting a weight, sprinting 100metres in 10 seconds or eating seeds 365 days a year.

Thats problem with football these days, not enough FOOTball training."
Very true macca999... Well paid coaches have all the football skills coached out of players... all based on possession and non risk taking options... players afraid to take any risks hence all the boring backwards passing which has the game totally ruined....

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3057 - 18/05/2021 16:28:56    2343145

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