First-half revival was a
CAVAN have shortened the name of their famous old stadium to Kingspan Breffni, but they still enjoyed a leisurely walk in the ‘park’ against Louth on Saturday night.
The Division 2 campaign is only two games old, but the Blues nudged the Reds closer to an instant return to the third tier with a routine victory.
A brief rally saw the visitors close to within a point of their hosts early in the second-half, but a 13-point win didn’t particularly flatter Mattie McGleenan’s men.
They were in control of proceedings from the off, opening a six-point lead by the end of the first quarter and
Cavan Louth 2-17 0-13
when Louth mustered that mini revival, a riposte of 1-4 without reply emphatically settled the issue.
For the second week in a row Louth’s challenge evaporated in a matter of minutes and with their next four games pitching them against the heavy hitters of Division 2, they face a mammoth task to turn their season around.
Down and Cavan are teams Pete McGrath would have been targeting for precious points in the battle against the dreaded drop, so two defeats by a combined tally of 19 points doesn’t bode well for the weeks ahead.
Perhaps more worrying for McGrath than the actual results is his team’s poor form.
There has been precious little in their performances to suggest they can turn things around against the likes of Cork, Roscommon, Meath, or even a Tipperary side that they pipped to top spot in Division 3 last season.
Offensive turnovers were McGrath’s major concern on