With so many changes taking place in the world of Gaelic football right now, if there is one man who should be ready to adapt, it's former Leitrim goalkeeper Nevin O’Donnell.
The reason he is Leitrim's 'former' keeper, is because the ever-changing star has joined Raymond Galligan's Cavan team.
As reported by The Irish News, O'Donnell was originally from Blacklion in Cavan, but after a spell in London, he made himself available for Leitrim.
Just to make things even more unusual, the versatile star was originally a forward, and even scored two goals on his debut in the FBD league back in 2016.
However, O'Donnell only made one championship appearance at that level before dropping off the panel, only to be brought back in by Andy Moran, but this time as a goalkeeper.
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Unfortunately, the Cavan man was in goal during their infamous defeat to New York on penalties in the Connacht championship, but he and the county, enjoyed a much more fruitful year in 2024.
The people of Leitrim are already frustrated with the Ulster county, considering that they appointed Mickey Graham as their manager earlier in the summer, only for the ex Breffni boss to leave the position a couple of months later, and then join Galway's backroom team.
Now their goalkeeper has also left them to join his native county, and it is an interesting selection by Galligan for a number of reasons.
The Cavan manager was also a forward who was converted into a goalkeeper, but with the new rules being introduced in 2025, there is a lot of speculation about the best way to use the team's number one.
The new back pass rule means that players can't pass to their keeper in their own half, unless they are both in their own square, however, once they go beyond the half way line, then they can join the play.
Coupled with the other rule that you have to leave three players up at all times, this means that if a goalkeeper did join the attack on the other side of the field, that team would have a numerical advantage of 12 vs 11.
For this to be of any real benefit, the goalie would need to be good on the ball, and dangerous in scoring positions, and with O'Donnell being an ex-forward himself, he could potentially perform this role for Cavan.
