We may aswell start planning for next year. Sure the only mistake you can make in sport is to give up.
I base this team on players who have played or show the potential to play at the top level.
Hopefully the palyers listed below can show top form for theirs clubs in this years championship
and can bring that form onto the county team.

1: James Reilly

2: Michael Hannon
3: Dermot Sheridan
4: Paul Brady (c)

5: John McCutcheon
6: Anthony Gaynor
7: Eamon Reilly

8: Ray Cullivan
9: Mark Mckeever

10: Ronan Flanagan
11: Michael Lyng
12: Cian Mackey

13: Ger Pierson
14: Niall McDermott
15: Sean Johnston

16: Eoin Elliot
17: Keith Fannin
18: Martin Cahill
19: Gavin Duffy
20: Declan Mckiernan
21: Dane O'Dowd
22: Gearoid Mckiernan
23: Niall Murray
24: Kevin Tierney
25: Conor McClarey
26: Niall Madden
27: Rory Dunne
28: Martin Reilly
29: Oisin Minagh
30: Enda Gaffney

As you can see The sub bench is filled with young talent. If we can start blooding them in both the league and championship next year, then we may have a stronger more talent group of players come 2011. If Tommy Carr learned anything this year he will see that some of the players the were apart of the squad this year are just not up to county standard but there is young talent out there that can compete in the Ulster Championship if they are developed and conditioned properly. I think in 2010 there should be more emphasis put onto the under 21 panel. If we can get players competing sufficiently and winning games in this competition then they will be more prepared for senior championship football.
Any thoughts??

Sergeant (Cavan) - Posts: 100 - 14/07/2009 16:52:54    345694

Its quite simple,we do not have the players within the county and this has been evident the past 3-5 years, not just on Saturday evening last or the game against Antrim. Our players lack every attribute required to be a county footballer- Commitment, dedication,aggression, ability and belief! Along with that we are lacking in the most important sectors of the field. Full back, Centre back, midfield,centre half forward and full forward. But if i was given the unfortunate job of picking a cavan team this would be it.

James Reilly-Drung

Darren smith-Lavey
Eoin Smith-Killygarry
Eamonn Reilly-Cavan Gaels

Ronan Flanagan-Castlerahan
Paul Brady-Mullahoran
Mark Mc Keever-Gowna

Mickey Brennan-Simonstown Gaels
John Mc Cutcheon-Cootehill

Robert Maloney-Derham-Cavan Gaels
Mickey Lyng-Cavan Gaels
Ray Cullivan-Ballyhaise

Gerald Pierson-Gowna
Darragh Gaffney-Drumalee
Sean Johnston-Cavan Gaels

It genuinely tooke me over a half hour to complete this team.

mystic meg (Cavan) - Posts: 228 - 14/07/2009 18:10:52    345852

DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE with a lot of the players you have just mentioned how would you teach them discipline for several of them have foul mouths so that is the first job on hand and how long would it take, you mention Hannon well he is not good enough, Gaffney well does this fellow want to play I would say not, Elliott he is above playing second fiddle to O'Reilly. I see you have mentioned a lot of younsters who most of us know have talent but will they go on I don't think. I notice you did not mention Murphy from the Gaels or Ferncombe from Drumalee two good lads. To move forward we need to remove about twenty if not more from the present panel sad but true. lets see what we have after the championship and go from there.

respect (Cavan) - Posts: 167 - 14/07/2009 18:14:00    345856

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beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 14/07/2009 18:25:26    345868

1. James Reilly (drung)
2. Owen McPhilips (denn)
3. Owen smith (Killagary)
4. Martin Cahill (denn)
5. Mark mc keever (gowna)
6. Eamon Reilly (cavan gaels)
7. Padraig cahill (killagary)
8. Enda King (cavan gaels)
9. Trevor crowe (Lacken)
10. Nial madden (gowna)
11. michael lyng (cavan gaels)
12. cian mackey (castlerahan)
13. Raymond galligan (lacken)
14. Gearld pierson (gowna)
15. sean johnson (cavan gaels)

cavangeals08 (Cavan) - Posts: 63 - 14/07/2009 18:45:46    345883

why are ppl wasting there time picking possible teams 4 2010. face it we dont have the quality in the county. il say it again WE DONT HAVE THE PLAYERS to compete in the ulster championship or any championship. its going to gey a lot worst b4 it gets any better, we will be long out of the recession b4 cavan are a force again, thats if we will be again.

Mike_Clitoris69 (Cavan) - Posts: 230 - 14/07/2009 21:08:12    346043

i always couldnt understand how martin cahill the man who won the cavan player of the year last year ahead of johnston and co didnt get starting. I know he may not be the most naturally skilled footballer i the county but he has an attitude, loyalty, work rate, drive and passion which was severly missed by the cavan team. Its no coincidence that a lot of the younger players seem to lack this drive, they always appeared as if they thought evrything would just suddenly fall into place because they are talented enough. This sort of attitude has haunted this group of players all the way throught the ranks. think back to when they lost to down in the minor semi final replay, two games in which the at about 50% of their potential, or when the lost to Donegal a couple of years ago when they were easily the best team in Ulster. Or even last year when they played for only about ten minutes and yet still should have beaten Tyrone.

Larry4ever (Clare) - Posts: 32 - 14/07/2009 21:13:58    346052

iv seen maloney derham play few times this year and he is going to be a really good footballer in a year or 2 if he keeps goin well

cavanforever (Cavan) - Posts: 190 - 14/07/2009 23:46:43    346377

As a Lacken man having watched the match against Kingscourt, I would have put forward Daire Mac Mahon and Barry Reilly as two young players with alot of potential for the Cavan squad for next year...

wildcard (Cavan) - Posts: 23 - 15/07/2009 00:50:30    346458

wildcard, unfortunately Daire McMahon has since picked up a serious injury which has ruled him out for the year (cruciate)
hopefully he will make a full recovery as you are right he is a very fine player. I think we all know about Barry Reilly he is destined for Cavan honours still very young though. any chance of Trevor Crowe coming back to the fold.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5522 - 15/07/2009 15:59:58    347145

S Goldrick, I meant to follow up what I said by saying that it is unfortunate however that one of those two young players has a seriuos injury and the other one is considering offers from the AFL. As for our own lads, certainly Trevor Crowe and Finbar Reilly were as good as anything else I saw with the county based on the 3 matches that Cavan played. The championship match against Kingscourt threw up Mac Mahon against Finbar and you would have to say that it was a cracking tussle with both players shadin it in either half. Crowe wouldn't have been too happy to see Barry Reilly coming on late in the game that day when he was roaming around midfield and in truth he made the big difference. I would normally not bother talking about players from other teams but these two guys are the kind of young talent we need. Their basic skills are very good and they can play football. I think Cavan have too many guys who are athletes ie. all the fitness in the world but not much imagination on the field, with the exeption of a small few.

wildcard (Cavan) - Posts: 23 - 16/07/2009 13:54:29    348360

i like the look of barons team, maybe we should have a team of hs users

rexbanner10 (Cavan) - Posts: 396 - 16/07/2009 14:52:46    348462

yes beerbaron he was corner forward!! very strong and always out looking for the ball, they say he can pop it from anywhere!
i no he was asked onto the county panel but he declined!

murrayham (Cavan) - Posts: 182 - 16/07/2009 15:01:55    348471

Wildcard i think ur very biased toward ur club team I ve been to a few lacken games this season and they don't have anyone good enough for the county team, i strongly think a lot of teams in Cavan r too dogged and rough on the pitch and lack the basic skills in gaelic football hence why the standard is soo bad, i notice a lot of the country teams play more rough style and aren't as skillfull as the town teams maybe if these teams changed their style of playing the standard in Cavan might improve hence the county team would improve!!
Just look at the skill of the kerry, Dublin and Tyrone teams these is the way to play football go for the ball get it and use it wisely, not going for the man theres a game called Rugby for that!

D_Dude (Cavan) - Posts: 360 - 16/07/2009 17:44:06    348809

dude. i don't know what you're on about. the cavan team are not rough at all. if anything they are too nice. the teams you mention as teams that are not rough (tyrone,kerry,dublin) certainly can look after themselves. they are not adversed to dishing out some hefty blows . also your theory about town teams being cleaner or purer footballing teams than country teams is not proven at all. Anyway what is a town team and what is a country team. all teams are now made up of different professionals whether they be based in towns, or country parishes. gone are the days when a country team was all farmers and a town team were teachers,doctors,priests,solicitors,accountants,shopkeepers etc etc. consider the make up of your local town team versus your local country team and you will see what i mean. otherwise all you have to do is look at the pen pics from this years county final (if they do it this year)

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5522 - 17/07/2009 01:39:06    349287

Whoever is suggesting that towns have cleaner/purer footballing teams than country set-ups is being stupid. Just look at cootehill, ballinagh and drumalee and you'll see how ridiculous your statement is. And yes.. the cavan team are way, way too nice.

footballmaan (Cavan) - Posts: 114 - 17/07/2009 13:58:50    349761

S Goldrick what im saying is there a lot of teams in Cavan that lack the basic skills of gaelic football and this is one the reasons we cannot produce players and thw standard is so bad, i have been at too many games and there's too much pulling and dragging hitting players off the ball, players going for the man instead of the ball, its completely silly and won't bring football in tha county on at all.
I never said Kerry, Dublin or Tyrone weren't rough they just play the game they way is supposed to be played and if clubs concentrated more on the styles they use football in CavaN might improve.
Don't get me wrong theres nothing wrong with shoulders and hard hitting its part of the game, but this pulling and dragging and constantly fouling is ruining the game in Cavan and indeed ireland where the blanket defence is being used, the standard is really bad this year!

D_Dude (Cavan) - Posts: 360 - 17/07/2009 14:42:07    349819

Ok Dude I agree with you about the pulling and dragging. alot of cavan players do not know how to tackle. refs should put a stop to this. it is ugly and spoils the game.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5522 - 18/07/2009 03:29:08    350428

Ok so we know that the team needs the likes on Mc Keever, Pearson & Eamonn Reilly back to give us a but more of a physical edge and to bring some championship experience into the the panel... But does anyone have any realistic suggestions of players at club level who would be good enough to add something to the county team. It's one thing readin the papers every week about certain players scoring regularly as can be seen in the Anglo-Celt Golden Boot, but it's another thing for these players to convert that form in a county jersey.

So I guess what I'm saying is, who should be in that squad for 2010 that wasn't there this year. Who is good enough to make the team better and play against teams like Tyrone, Donegal, Derry and co? The problem we seem to have is that the players who come in just seem to be found wanting when the Ulster Championship gets underway. We don't have the same quality of player as other Ulster counties, we know that, but who can step up to the plate?

wildcard (Cavan) - Posts: 23 - 17/08/2009 13:05:08    394374

The problem we seem to have is that the players who come in just seem to be found wanting when the Ulster Championship gets underway. We don't have the same quality of player as other Ulster counties, we know that, but who can step up to the plate?
wildcard , 17/08/2009 at 13:05


I would say first things first lets get rid of what is not good enough in the panel. At this moment in time we have so much baggage its unreal, so until these are removed we are kind of at a stand still. Not much point in these fellows thinking they are good enough and class themselfs as senior senior player's. if the panel was to stay at this moment in time how can you bring in new blood. I have my opinion on who should be removed have you got yours. ??? If yes lets start naming what you think should not be on the panel.?? This way we will know we are on the same wave length or not.??

It would be a start going forward.

The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4602 - 17/08/2009 14:29:42    394476