Cavan vs Donegal

Believe lads!

We are Cavan.. Believe Lol, JK. UP THE ROYALS.

Seemingly Ray Cullivan and Michael Murphy have been sent off.

There goes the top scorer bonus

Donegal winning by 11 or 12 now. Looks like it onwards and upwards for them and back to square one for Cavan.

Very one sided affair
When Cullivan got sent off - Donegal struggled to work out where the spare man would play - Cavan full forward moved out to the middle w- Didn't see what Murphy did high shoulder ? but it was reckless as Duffy would always look to even things up. Though it turned out for Donegals benefit as the extra space seemed to take away the confusion that existed with the extra man.

Mcfadden always looks like one of the countries best forwards during the winter months and his last good championship game was against Tyrone in a mudfest - Today was ideal and he had a big game - McBreaty looks a serious prospect at 17 years of age and is the first inside corner forward that Donegal have had since James Mchugh . - In defence Lacey and McGee were never troubled. - Lacey has had plaudits before but McGee has turned into a top class full back.

Though hard to take a huge amount from this - Donegal won about 90% of the breaking ball. The Cavan team looked
unfit - In the first half they had no ideas once they got to the Donegal 45 - And on a few occasions that they were inside 30 yards they tried an extra solo or an extra pass when a shot seemed the easier option.

So after Antrim and Cavan we have no idea where this Donegal team rank - But sadly we do know where this cavan
team rank - and unless the draw is Ultra kind - its going to be a two game campaign.

Though the Referee was very poor - Every slip was a free - From where I was the penalty looked to be given for a foot block which to me looked like he kicked the ball - Mcfadden got a yellow for a clean tackle and both sendings off seemed harsh.

Hammered.. Best of luck to Donegal. Cavan have a long long way to go before they can even consider being competitive. Beating Longford now is our best hope for the year..

Jonsmith wrote:Hammered.. Best of luck to Donegal. Cavan have a long long way to go before they can even consider being competitive. Beating Longford now is our best hope for the year..

At least the apples& mandarins were free

Jesus we were awful. Poor in nearly all areas fair play to mcdermot gave his all on his first senior game. Longford are not that bad and they will fancy their chances against us. Ref was poor.

All is not lost - home page scoreboard on another site is showing Cavan 2-14 Donegal 1-8 .....

Watching it again, what was Cullivan doing?! Won the ball in the air and has no need to go near the Donegal player. Instead chooses to get all Bruce Lee.. Didn't see the Murphy incident earlier but he looks to have been hard done by..

Me too Jonsmith

BBC2.. #disillusioned

Ye may reconsider that decision not to enter a hurling team lads .... Tis a bit much not to compete in either code ....

scoopmine wrote:Me too Jonsmith

BBC2.. #disillusioned

Big time. Nobody willing to take on the shot from a distance, trying to pick out a perfect pass to an outnumbered and under the cosh full forward line. It looks worse the second time..

Some penalty decision..

scoopmine wrote:Some penalty decision..

Butsy should be ran from Cavan for an attempted backheel and being near the fooking Donegal goal in the first place.

Glad to get the win. Absolutely horrible day in Cavan. Hope all Cavan and Donegal people made it there and back safely - the roads were treacherous in places.

Cavan were poor, were were workmanlike. That about sums in up for me. The game was over early and Cavan didn't put up much of a fight but Donegal did enough. Marty Duffy had a poor game. Gave a few soft frees and generally nit picked his way through the game. The Cavan red was fair enough but the Murphy one was a joke. That there will be an appeal is a certainty, that it will be recinded is surely one too??

There a good few things that Donegal need to tighten up. To compete with Tyrone at all we'll need to cut out on the basic errors. There were 6-7 sloppy passes that were down to a pure lack of concentration and the Cavan penalty miss should have been picked up by a Donegal man - again a lack of concentration. Whether it's the last or the first minute we'll need to be switched on. We have to stop mouthing after frees as well. The ball was moved forward several times and we can do without making it any easier for Tyrone.

Surpised at how negative Cavan were. After Murph got sent off they were playing 3 sweepers in front of our 2 man FF line. Based on the talk during the week I expected to see 13 Cavan men parked in our half

Neil McGee was immense and IMO should have got MOTM - Lacey was great too but McGee didn't put a foot wrong. It was great to see Leo McLoone back on the field. He was flying earlier in the year and hopefully he can get back up to pace again.

Had good craic with the Cavan people around us. Sporting as always.

RMDrive wrote:Had good craic with the Cavan people around us. Sporting as always.

Translation - they are well used to losing .....

an awful game to watch and not helped by that clown Duffy i think he has 'whistle tourettes' the baxtard just cant stop blowing and is easily one of the most inconsistent refs in the country.

RMDrive wrote:Marty Duffy had a poor game. Gave a few soft frees and generally nit picked his way through the game. The Cavan red was fair enough but the Murphy one was a joke.

I think Marty's performance today summed up all that is wrong with refereeing in the modern game. Anyone could see he was poor, yet I can guarantee that the assessors will be giving him nearly full marks for his performance.
Everything he blew for was a foul under the letter of the law. The fact that advantage might accrue from these is ignored, as the referee is terrified of being called on having missed something.

Likewise the Murphy sending-off. Once the ball is gone, under the strict letter of the law, any strike or attempt to strike is a red card. It doesn't matter if it's with the fist, the shoulder or the elbow, as the rules are written it's a red. In most club game a referee would have shown Murphy a yellow, and that would have been that.
Bring the assessors into the mix and the strictest letter of the law is enforced, and the result is what we saw today. Something's got to give, but when Cooney and his stooges refuse to ever acknowledge that a referee has made a mistake then it looks like we're going to be in for more of the same.

Some question Pat's (apparent) latitude on decisions and his 'power' - others decry Duffys pedantry - rightly IMO. I think he is a brutal ref as do most. Goldrick is a good ref - need more of the likes of him!

I hope Murphy's card is rescinded. It would be good if Donegal could face Tyrone with a full squad to choose from. He didn't strike as such, it looked to me as if he went to return the shoulder/push on Reilly and his hand came up a bit as he did.

Jonsmith wrote:I hope Murphy's card is rescinded. It would be good if Donegal could face Tyrone with a full squad to choose from. He didn't strike as such, it looked to me as if he went to return the shoulder/push on Reilly and his hand came up a bit as he did.

It was a vicious act, and has no place in our game. A one game suspension should definitely be handed out!

A former Dublin club player scored 1-3 on his championship debut for Donegal.....

Thomas Clarke wrote:

Jonsmith wrote:I hope Murphy's card is rescinded. It would be good if Donegal could face Tyrone with a full squad to choose from. He didn't strike as such, it looked to me as if he went to return the shoulder/push on Reilly and his hand came up a bit as he did.

It was a vicious act, and has no place in our game. A one game suspension should definitely be handed out!

totally agree TC - it was the actions of a coward and certainly not the example a captain should be setting, a one game suspension is a must i say.