theexpert (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 20/06/2010 10:04:12    681940

Shannon Gaels, Swanlinbar or Cornafean.

cavanforsam (Cavan) - Posts: 143 - 21/06/2010 13:08:54    682791

can The gales 2nd team enter?

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 21/06/2010 13:16:37    682804

Someone from group A anyway. The four best teams in it, all in the same group. My favourites are Shannon Gaels and Cornafean. I would say Swad ahead of the Reds if mc kiernan was with them.

Scruffy2Donut (Cavan) - Posts: 1112 - 21/06/2010 13:22:21    682814

I have seen most of the teams this year already.The swad are putting up big scores,but against poor teams.Shannon Gaels will go close.Shercock are playing well in div 2.Cornafean also playing well.Its between these four I think.

theexpert (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 22/06/2010 14:07:06    683889

ive seen munchies a few times this year. they are clear favorites to win junior championship. the young lads who lost in a replay a few years ago are now mature and they now have 4 or 5 new young players. the mccabes nolans sheridan s o reilly p cullen would get on any senior team. t mccabe s o reilly s sheridan were vital to ramor winning div 1 u 21. they have a real cutting edge this year. get your money on now!

diver (Cavan) - Posts: 39 - 22/06/2010 15:12:05    683992

Shercock shouldnt be overlooked, they are 5th in Division2, look where last years junior champions are in Division 2. For a long number of years they were fav's before JFC started and failed to live up to expectations, pressure seems to be off them this year so i think they'll be hardest to beat.
Swad will be starting to build for JFC now, mark cunningham should be back, they're unlikely to win it without G McKiernan but with the semi's/final not till Sept he may be back for them.
Shannon Gaels are fav's with the team they have, alot of their players have experience of getting to JFC semi's and finals, deserved fav's.
Cornafean are going well and if they make it out of group will be hard stopped, only worry id have is they may be peaking 2-3 months to early.
Munchies have a good young team who have been playing together for a few years, if they have full team to choose from they'll be heard beaten.
Arva's form has dipped in the last few weeks but if they can get all their players back no team will fancy playing against them.
mountnugent and kildallan are also capable of beating anyone on the day so dont be suprised to see either team make at least the semi

cavan4ever (Cavan) - Posts: 234 - 23/06/2010 10:17:23    684522

Swad are too unreliable, they could get to the final and win it by a cricket score or lose the quarters by the same margin. If they applied themselves they would win it hands down. Even without G McKiernan they have a quality midfield. It's hard to look past Shercock or Shannon Gaels at this stage. The Division 3 teams will always find it hard to live with Shercock and I think that should stand to them.

Inactive x5 (Cavan) - Posts: 1452 - 23/06/2010 12:15:05    684716

Very hard to call this year. Swad and shannon gaels putting up very high scores so will be hard stopped. Shercock might be in the running as well!!

hp (Cavan) - Posts: 88 - 16/07/2010 18:17:31    711852

CMON The REDS!!!

cavan97 (Cavan) - Posts: 369 - 19/07/2010 13:28:28    714375

shercock are flyin fit and hungry for championship would not like to draw them

hornytoad (Cavan) - Posts: 141 - 19/07/2010 19:09:30    715174

Munchies v Reds
should be a good game here although defeat for either team could leave them too much to do to qualify in the group of death. Reds will have their tails up after gaining promotion, only question on them is have they peaked too early for jfc. Muchies are a good footballing team with plenty of championship experience, they could shade it....Munchies by 1

Kildallan v Mountnugent
not sure what the update on givney is but without him mountnugent chances in this game arnt great. Kildallan will be hard beaten in jfc and if the weather is good on thursday they should win...Kildallan by 3

Maghera v Shercock
not much word on shercock this year which is the way they'll like it, always hyped up. Had a good enough season in div 2 and this will stand to them. Maghera didnt win a game in div3 so unlikely they'll come out of this group. Maghera will try to be physical but the championship dark horses will be too fit and fast to slip up here....Shercock by 8

Arva v Corlough
Corlough are the form team here and will fancy their chances against the other 3 teams in the group. Arva had a great start to the season but lost their way after loosing a few players. If they have a full team available should be fav's for this game however ballyconnell is corlough's back yard so it will be close....Arva by 1

Shannon Gaels v Swad
what a game to start off with, 2 best teams in jfc, think they'll be happy to have met each other in the 1st game to get it out of the way. On league form you would fancy SG but swad are a great championship team and will want to put down a marker. They have a more powerful team which means alot in these sort of games.....Swad by 2

cavan4ever (Cavan) - Posts: 234 - 20/07/2010 19:39:36    716776

Swad, Shannon Gaels are the two best teams in the jfc this year. Shercock might have a say but they usually fall apart in the business end of the championship. Maybe the munchies also. Arva too young maybe in two years. The reds have no forwards. Kildallan need two balls on the pitch one for the full forward and one for the rest, easily stopped. Templeport, Corlough and the finns no chance.

westboy (Cavan) - Posts: 33 - 21/07/2010 18:56:31    718425

Muntirconnacht will be dangerous, Swad and SG have the men to do it, but dont often perform in the latter stages, eg swad in last years final, SG in 2007 final. Reds have a solid defence, but are very poor up front. Shercock will be very strong, playing div2 football will stand to them. You can take your pick from these five, nobody else will have a look in.

Sergeant_Slash (Cavan) - Posts: 2182 - 21/07/2010 21:03:18    718655

shercock every year!!! christ...and every year its de same outcome

Bubbles84 (Cavan) - Posts: 44 - 22/07/2010 16:43:32    719610

Any reports from the Junior Games last night. I see the munchies won round 1 in the group of death. looks like it was fairly close. Kildallon had it easy enuf against mt nugent. no surprises in the Shercock Maghera Game?

observerexile (Cavan) - Posts: 42 - 23/07/2010 09:44:07    720113

any reports from last nights games?
shercock put up a big score, they'll be hard stopped

cavan4ever (Cavan) - Posts: 234 - 23/07/2010 09:54:25    720119

Cornafean goalie got sent of after 20 mins for 2 yellows within 3 minutes..was neck an neck up to the end cornafean were wining by 2 points and then munterconnught scored 1-2 within 4 minutes and cornafean couldnt find a way back,they hit the post with 2 minutes left an were unlucky it didnt go in but it was a good game..very poor referre ruined the game though

ArthurTheGreat (Cavan) - Posts: 50 - 23/07/2010 15:33:58    720652

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Agreed. Poor ref. Reds deserved a draw, were the better team in the second half, but Munchies to their credit never gave up.

Scruffy2Donut (Cavan) - Posts: 1112 - 23/07/2010 19:55:51    720960

Arthur,

Is Taz still the goalie for the reds?

What did he do to get the two yellows?

Big Iano (Cavan) - Posts: 188 - 23/07/2010 20:45:40    721004