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We're asking readers to select the cream of the crop in gaelic football over the past decade. Moving swiftly on. Name your best defenders... 2. __________________ 3. __________________ 4. __________________ 5. __________________ 6. __________________ 7. __________________ HS Readers' Football Team Of The Decade - Goalkeeper HS Readers' Football Team Of The Decade - Midfielders HS Readers' Football Team Of The Decade - Forwards Administrator (None) - Posts: 2274 - 02/12/2019 13:09:56 2252676 Link
Replying To Administrator: "We're asking readers to select the cream of the crop in gaelic football over the past decade. Moving swiftly on. Name your best defenders... 2. __________________ 3. __________________ 4. __________________ 5. __________________ 6. __________________ 7. __________________" Philly mcmahon Neil McGee Keith Higgins Lee Keegan Cian O'Sullivan Jack Mccaffery Before Dublin posters lose their mind I'd pick James McCarthy in midfield bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 02/12/2019 13:17:06 2252678 Link
2. Lacey 3. Neil McGee 4. Cian O'Sullivan 5. Keegan 6. McCarthy 7. McCaffrey Pullhard1985 (USA) - Posts: 68 - 02/12/2019 14:11:44 2252699 Link
2. Philly McMahon 3. Johnny Cooper 4. Karl Lacey 5. Jack McCaffrey 6. Cian O'Sullivan 7. Frank McGlynn Back 6 probably the most room for people to fall out over. Picked on instinct, medal hauls, and passing the eye test. Keegan and McCarthy desperately unlucky to miss out for me. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 378 - 02/12/2019 14:41:47 2252717 Link
2-McMahon 3-Magee 4-Higgins 5-Keegan 6-Lacey 7-McCaffrey matdon (Mayo) - Posts: 8 - 02/12/2019 15:51:50 2252730 Link
2. Jonny Cooper 3. Neil McGee 4. Keith Higgins 5. Lee Keegan 6. Karl Lacey 7. Jack McCaffrey Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 958 - 02/12/2019 16:29:28 2252735 Link
2. Philly McMahon 3. Johnny Cooper 4. Karl Lacey 5. Jack McCaffrey 6. Cian O'Sullivan 7. Frank McGlynn Back 6 probably the most room for people to fall out over. Picked on instinct, medal hauls, and passing the eye test. Keegan and McCarthy desperately unlucky to miss out for me. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 378 - 02/12/2019 17:05:14 2252742 Link
Lacey McMahon Higgins Mcglynn O'Sullivan Keegan KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 02/12/2019 17:23:21 2252746 Link
2. Philly McMahon 3. Neil McGee 4. Karl Lacey 5. Lee Keegan 6. Com Boyle 7. Jack McCaffrey MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 02/12/2019 17:33:06 2252747 Link
Mick Fitz Jonny Cooper Philly Lee Keegan Cian O Sullivan Jack. Jimmy Mc in midfield to accommodate Keegan, trully wonderful player. Just a ridiculous amount medals really and longevity over the decade, Colm Boyle and Keith Higgins massively unlucky to miss out. The Donegal & Tyrone lads are worth a shout as quality players, but for longevity over the decade its hard to look beyond that. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 02/12/2019 17:38:03 2252748 Link
2. Lacey 3. McGee 4. Cooper 5. Keegan 6. O'Sullivan 7. McCaffrey Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9136 - 02/12/2019 18:10:58 2252753 Link
2 Higgins 3 McGee 4 Lacey 5 keegan 6 Boyle 7 mcglynn A lot of good defenders but with today's defensive systems its hard to say is it the players that are good or is it because they've so many back defending its not like years ago where players went one on one. gallarus14 (Kerry) - Posts: 127 - 02/12/2019 21:09:04 2252802 Link
2. Karl Lacey 3. Philly McMahon 4. Mick Fitzsimons 5. Lee Keegan 6. James McCarthy 7. Jack McCaffrey midlands (Westmeath) - Posts: 542 - 02/12/2019 22:20:21 2252821 Link
Lacey Mc Gee Higgins Keegan O Sullivan Mc Caffrey TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1142 - 02/12/2019 23:02:25 2252836 Link
2 Philly McMahon 3 Ronan McNamee 4 Keith Higgins 5 Lee Keegan 6 Karl Lacey 7 Jack McCaffrey DUALSUPPORT (Limerick) - Posts: 1038 - 03/12/2019 08:10:24 2252856 Link
McMahon Cooper Higgins McCarthy Keegan McCaffrey sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1145 - 03/12/2019 09:38:13 2252866 Link
Replying To gallarus14: "2 Higgins 3 McGee 4 Lacey 5 keegan 6 Boyle 7 mcglynn A lot of good defenders but with today's defensive systems its hard to say is it the players that are good or is it because they've so many back defending its not like years ago where players went one on one." That's true. Lacey was winning All Stars back before blanket defenses as a tight marking corner back. Then he evolved into a marauding centre half back in the Jimmy McGuinness days. So for me, his inclusion is a no brainer. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9136 - 03/12/2019 09:43:42 2252868 Link
Replying To gallarus14: "2 Higgins 3 McGee 4 Lacey 5 keegan 6 Boyle 7 mcglynn A lot of good defenders but with today's defensive systems its hard to say is it the players that are good or is it because they've so many back defending its not like years ago where players went one on one." That's true. Lacey was winning All Stars back before blanket defenses as a tight marking corner back. Then he evolved into a marauding centre half back in the Jimmy McGuinness days. So for me, his inclusion is a no brainer. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9136 - 03/12/2019 09:43:42 2252869 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "That's true. Lacey was winning All Stars back before blanket defenses as a tight marking corner back. Then he evolved into a marauding centre half back in the Jimmy McGuinness days. So for me, his inclusion is a no brainer." If we were talking 2005-2015 then yes Lacey is a no brainer but for this decade after wining and All Star in 2011 and FOTY in 2012 he didn't feature again in the nominations list before retiring in 2017. A savage footballer but for this 10 year period there are more worthy inclusions in the back 6. TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 206 - 03/12/2019 10:24:09 2252880 Link
Replying To TrueBlue35: "If we were talking 2005-2015 then yes Lacey is a no brainer but for this decade after wining and All Star in 2011 and FOTY in 2012 he didn't feature again in the nominations list before retiring in 2017. A savage footballer but for this 10 year period there are more worthy inclusions in the back 6." Well obviously I'll have a certain bias but for me, Karl was that good in the period you mention, that he deserves his place on team of the decade. Others have come to that conclusion as well. But look, it's an opinion and it's why we participate on these pages. Mick Fitzsimons is a super player these past few years, but in the earlier part of the decade was he at that outstanding level? I don't think so. So you could flip your argument around re: Lacey. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9136 - 03/12/2019 10:55:46 2252892 Link