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Fri 05 May 2007Grimley keeping Cavan focusedBeing the pioneers of Ulster's now regular annexation of Sam Maguire, there are plenty of football stories beneath the surface in Cavan. And yet, if they manage to make a breakthrough this summer - starting with a victory over Down on Sunday - much of the praise will be heaped upon an Armagh man.That's not meant as a slight on manager Donal Keoghan or selectors Phelim Plunkett and Thomas Martin. It's just that the presence of Paul Grimley in the Armagh backroom proved so crucial to their recent domination of the Ulster championship.