"The one real anomaly in the League is The Black Death (ie Cavan)"

March 07, 2014

Joe Brolly gets his point across
Cavan may have three wins from as many outings under their belt in the Allianz FL Division 3 today but Joe Brolly is not impressed - and that's putting it mildly!

In his weekly column in Gaelic Life, the outspoken pundit lavishes praise on Tyrone's new attacking brand of football and the high standards set by Donegal and Derry but it is not without criticism and Terry Hyland and the Breffni County bear the brunt of it.

"The one real anomaly in the League is The Black Death (ie Cavan). They have continued to play the most horrible, defensive football the game has ever seen, oblivious to the trend towards attack based, non-fouling football," he writes.

"Their statistics are thoroughly depressing. In three games, they have conceded an average of just 0-8 per game, which is unsurprising given the fact that they have turned the goal-line into a human wall. They are the only team in the entire league not to have conceded a goal.

"A warning: Please resist the temptation to go watch them play, as this will only encourage them. It may also lead to others catching the black death, which is fatal to all known forms of Gaelic football."

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