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The State of Cavan Football.

In the late 00's early 10s Cavan produced 4 under 21 Ulster winning teams in a row. Losing an All Ireland Semi Final to Dublin by a point. Members of that Dublin team who Cavan made look very ordinary went on to become all time greats.

Shortly after this fantastic run the county board appointed a new games development manager to take things to the next level. The end result is what we are seeing on the pitch today. His dismantling of the underage structure to favour his clubs development has led to a lack of quality coming through to support the lads who dominated Ulster at underage level.

The same man then went Westmeath as senior manager last year, got them relagated, while keeping his job as games development manager. He has also set up CavStream, the streaming platform for our club championship. So that's 3 paycheques from the county board.

In his time as games development manager. Up until he took over, we had quality coaches come in and take the development squads sessions,

now its Dads of players on the squad. -Club coaches who are fairly happy developing players at their own clubs.
When you get called for trials, if unsuccessful you find out by not getting a text. No work ons or feedback given.

He is the current senior manager, and so far has dropped players for

A player asked for a couple of weeks lighter work due to playing a full soccer season, inter county season , club season and Sigerson without a break. Was told to fuck off.
Another player said he couldn't make a team bonding weekend due to a club finial. Was told 'Its only a division 3 final", and then told to fuck off.
The manager had an argument at a club game some years ago. As a result the son of the person who he had the arguement with was dropped.
Funny enough two of three dropped players are from the same club & there has been bad blood with this club and his own club for years.

The county boards role in this cannot be overlooked. They have given this lad the keys to Brefini Park, have contacted local media and requested no negative coverage of the senior team amd the manager refuses to sit with local media and when he does is threatening.

Clubs are afraid to speak up as it will mean, no club championship games in Brefini, no hosting club championship games, and no players on development squads.

So I played rugby for years (fullback/wing) to a pretty decent level. Haven’t played competitive sports for about 7 years.

I’ve decided to give hurling a crack here in London. My main aim atm is trying to get a decent base of fitness under me and then start practicing with a hurl and a wall. I’ve set myself a month to get to a reasonable level where I’d feel confident enough to join a club.

Any tips either running, gym or skill drills with the Hurley please drop them below.

I just saw that Westmeath have already sold out their home game against Cavan after winning Leinster. It got me thinking, what are some success starved countries in hurling or football that don't ever sell out home games, and can you think of some examples like this where a team has got momentum and brought in a crowd.

(Sidenote, I have no idea what kind of home attendance Westmeath usually get, but I would imagine it isn't usually as strong as that)

Two for ye:

Maybe this is actually well known, but it’s the first I’ve ever heard of it…a bit of bizarrely impressive trivia that I can’t wait to see what kind of names are thrown out for it… feel free to drop yer shouts…

1. Can you name the only manager to take charge of senior inter-county football teams in each of Ireland’s four provinces?

And a club one that I think I’m fairly accurate on after a fair bit of research but of course will stand open to correction on:

2. Two clubs faced off in Croke Park on St. Patricks Day in one of the most geographically unique All-Ireland Senior Club Finals ever (Football or Hurling). Even though not only did they come from two different counties, but two different provinces, their club pitches are separated by just 24km, or roughly a 20 minute drive from gate to gate - believed to be the shortest distance ever between two competing senior club finalists. Who were the two clubs that faced off?

BONUS QUESTION since the first two were answered a lot quicker than I thought…

Who is the only player since 1990 to finish as the All-Ireland Senior football championship’s top scorer WITHOUT scoring a single goal in that entire championship campaign?

Had no clue the sale was on the other day and by the time I logged on, it was too late.
Long shot but has anyone anything spare that they want to move on?
Just need one for myself, would be going to a very good home as I go a lot. From Mullingar myself!

Hey so I was wondering, if hurling and Gaelic football are two separate sports of course, would it be allowed to follow one county for football and one for hurling? Most counties are favored for just one of the two I think lol, so to me it would make sense to follow one for each.

I find it a bit strange that this incident has got much less coverage than the byrnes/ o donnell one a few weeks ago.

mark Rodgers had to be replaced, after trying to play on for a while and looked very dazed and shook up. SOD ,although a bit shook completed the rest of the match .

This was clearly illegal and dangerous although on first viewing it didn't look the biggest hit ever.

Donal og cusack was right, these hits are too dangerous and can cause damage especially if the player is not ready for it.

Does anyone know how to put a KK guard on a mycro im specifically stuck on taking out the padding

Anyone looking to swap City End (Cork End) for Blackrock end (Clare end) please let me know. I’ve 1 adult 2 Juvenile.

I’ve been training for the last month and can feel myself getting better and fitter. But I’m suffering from shin splints which is making it hard to run. Any advice how I can get rid of them? I don’t really want to take weeks off as I’ll be back to square 1

Yet more controversy for the national broadcaster. I watched the Leinster Final and Westmeath's first goal was a thing of beauty. Destined to go into the annuls of great GAA goalkeeper howlers. Ger's commentary added to it, "He's dropped it over" *awkward silence* Eamon Fitz politely points out it's actually a goal. Ger belatedly says "it's a goal!".

The confused commentary perfectly represented the confusion in the stadium, that half a beat extra before everyone, including Comerford, realized what had happened.

But later, on the Sunday Game, the audio is edited so Ger immediately says "it's a goal". No more brief confusion, no more mild embarrassment for Ger. No iconic commentary moment. Now I'm wondering how deep this conspiracy goes. How often are the suits in Montrose manipulating our reality?!

It looks like GAA + have 6 of 8 first round matches live in the All Ireland series, RTÉ definitely no longer the channel of choice.

Got my first training session in a week and a half. Before I buy any boots are some boots better depending on your position. Cheers.