Despite the disappointment of another championship exit, McCabe praised the commitment of his players and the backing they received from the home support.<\/p>\n
“We had a massive effort level, and we’re extremely grateful for the support that came here today,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We gave them something to shout about for long periods, but we’re disappointed that we didn’t give them the final 15 minutes that they deserved.”<\/p>\n
The Cavan manager also pointed to the impact injuries have had on his squad throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had two lads hospitalised in the last two weeks, and we’ve had a long injury list throughout the year,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s frustrating for the players because they’ve put in a huge effort and we just didn’t get those final pieces to click.”<\/p>\n
McCabe paid tribute to injured duo Evan Crowe and Gear\u00f3id McKiernan, highlighting their continued commitment to the county despite lengthy setbacks.<\/p>\n
“Evan has had major surgery on his skull, and to see him here today still pushing the lads on says everything about him,” McCabe said.<\/p>\n
“Gear\u00f3id is making every effort possible to get back playing. The commitment from those lads and the passion they have for Cavan is huge.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the disappointment of another championship exit, McCabe praised the commitment of his players and the backing they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-499620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}