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Can Armagh cause an upset here? I see a Cavan player talking about winning Ulster - which can be dangerous at this stage of the season. Do we expect a cake-walk for Cavan a la Tyrone last week?? Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 25/05/2016 14:29:47 1858519 Link 0 |
A cake-walk? No, can't see it. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 25/05/2016 14:45:14 1858527 Link 0 |
i don't think there are any genuine cavan people who think that this will be a cake-walk, we have been through too much to start thinking like that. The favourite's tag does not sit easily with us. Armagh have improved alot since we played them in the league and I'm sure Mcgeeney wont play the same as he did in the league. He will have measures in place to nullify our dangermen, whether these measures are legal or not. It is up to Cavan to not get imbroilled in a war of attrition. terry Hyland and his mgmt team need to be smarter than hithertofore regarding in-game changes. Too often situations have been left for too long without changes being made and I'm not simply talking about substitutions. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 25/05/2016 14:58:31 1858537 Link 0 |
I think Cavan have progressed from the mainly defensive set-up of last year and they look to have enough firepower to take Armagh. After such a successful league run it would be a big set back to lose to Armagh and I would take them to win by 4 points. Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 25/05/2016 16:05:01 1858568 Link 1 |
"It will tell a lot about this Cavan team and how they've progressed if they can avoid getting drawn into anything synical." Its spelt cynical , and after reading that I hope cavan are stuffed FairShoulder (Armagh) - Posts: 333 - 26/05/2016 11:12:44 1858789 Link 2 |
Not a great selection of games this weekend.This is by far the most interesting.No love lost here after that flare up during the post game parade couple years back.Cavan destroyed Armagh in the league.I expect Armagh to improve vastly on that non-performance but i still think Cavan have more quality and i'm predicting a 5-7 point win for the Cavan men. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 26/05/2016 11:25:52 1858800 Link 0 |
I fancy Armagh for this in a close enough game, Don't really rate this Cavan side having seen them a fair few times in last few years. Armagh will be a different side than when these teams met in the league Pingcity (Longford) - Posts: 568 - 26/05/2016 11:26:10 1858801 Link 0 |
I fancy Armagh here. I think that Cavan are a very good side, but were really aiming at the league final and didnt succeed. Their management would never admit this, but it would make sense that this is the rung of the ladder that they wanted to build from. Armagh were very unlucky to go down into division 3 and it could equally have been a few other teams. They will be totally up for this game and I am sure that they will give Cavan a horrible time of it. I also think that either side will dread playing tyrone in the next game. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 26/05/2016 11:49:03 1858810 Link 0 |
This is an interesting game and hard to call. I think Armagh will be much better than they showed in last year's championship and were unlucky to get relegated this year. Cavan are really improving and I am expecting big things form them in the years ahead. It will be a tight game but home advantage should see Cavan win by a few points. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1874 - 26/05/2016 12:10:54 1858831 Link 0 |
No cake walk, but Cavan should get through in a physical encounter seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2142 - 26/05/2016 12:11:37 1858832 Link 0 |
I reckon Armagh will make a better fist of things than they did in the league but would expect Cavan to come out on top by 3 or 4 points. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9136 - 26/05/2016 12:58:00 1858866 Link 0 |
Cavan's best player from the league final -Jason McLoughlin- unavailable. GallantJohnJoe (Cavan) - Posts: 329 - 26/05/2016 13:43:07 1858889 Link 0 |
This will probably be a tough, physical game. If either team has a player red-carded, the whole course of the game could be changed. I think Cavan should just about do it. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 26/05/2016 14:27:45 1858908 Link 0 |
it was the Pre-match parade, You're Welcome. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 26/05/2016 14:46:12 1858923 Link 0 |
Ha,so it was goldrick.So it was (:
cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 26/05/2016 16:59:50 1859014 Link 0 |
I think that Cavan are a very good side, but were really aiming at the league final and didnt succeed. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 26/05/2016 17:07:57 1859017 Link 0 |
The only way Armagh will win this game is being c(s)ynical so expect a few handbags on parade and in first 15 mins as they did a few years ago against Cavan, Tyrone and another team who I cant recall off the top of my head. In terms of winning Ulster, like Tyrone they still have more to prove but are going in right direction esp since they stopped playing that style of football.
IrishGael3 (USA) - Posts: 1092 - 26/05/2016 17:30:48 1859034 Link 0 |
Fancy Armagh to shade it.Cavan played really well in the League final but Tyrone were still comfortable winners without hitting top gear.League status counts for little here. salvador (Roscommon) - Posts: 439 - 26/05/2016 18:24:13 1859063 Link 0 |
Had our league results been reversed I wouldn't be holding any fear of Armagh going into this game and would be expecting a massive backlash from our players. I see no reason why Armagh will not be in the same state of mind so we will have a massive battle on our hands. Game is 50:50 in my mind but if we knuckle down and relish the battle, don't panic, I think we can scrape by. Wouldn't pay too much heed to favourite's tag, someone has to carry it. If it weighs us down that much then maybe we're not that good to begin with. Hoping for a proper Ulster Championship encounter on Sunday and obviously a Cavan win :). Good luck to all. Hardtimes (Cavan) - Posts: 1056 - 26/05/2016 18:53:36 1859082 Link 1 |
this is a very interesting and factually correct article regarding cavan's use of their most talented players, something which I alluded to earlier. let's hope lessons have been learnt. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 26/05/2016 21:50:21 1859175 Link 1 |