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Flack...John Troy was a genius a great man for doing things that others might only try on the training pitch! Jaysus the goal he created for Billy Dooley against Wexford, Johnny Dooley hit a high ball towards Troy, most lads would have caught it but without even looking Troy flicked it first touch over his head straight in to Billy Dooleys hand, pure magic and a goal he scored v Antrim from a very tight angle having flicked/chopped the ball from the ground into his hand while under pressure. Magician Brianmac78 (Dublin) - Posts: 1168 - 31/01/2014 14:15:35 1539255 Link 0 |
juniorbsub,i am with you on this.most of those peddling ring,rackard,doyle,etc never seen them play.you can only say the best one you can remember. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 31/01/2014 14:34:26 1539264 Link 0 |
Fair point. Which is why I referenced Damien fitzhenry and Brian whelehan. My judgement on the rackards is from stats and an uncle of mine who was on the same team as him so I think my source is fairly reliable. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2668 - 31/01/2014 14:54:33 1539281 Link 0 |
Spot on Brianmac, he had some repertoire of tricks, flicks, first time pulls, you never knew what he was going to do. flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 31/01/2014 15:08:22 1539287 Link 0 |
Definitly with junior sub on the issue of seeing the huler in question actually play. No doubting the likes of Ring, Mackey, Jimmy Doyle, the Rackards etc were brilliant hurlers but who on this thread has seen them play when they were in their prime. Once more the best non Kilkenny hurler I have seen was Brian Whelehan. Won 6 senior All-Irelands (4 club & 2 county)& I think he got man of the match in them all. Ben O Connor was another good one but could never really get the better of JJ Delaney in my opinion. dcb (Kilkenny) - Posts: 26 - 31/01/2014 15:27:03 1539301 Link 0 |
Perfect10, juniorbsub (Wexford) - Posts: 646 - 31/01/2014 15:38:49 1539305 Link 0 |
I can never understand how Ray Cummins is seldom mentioned in this category. Without doubt the most under-rated Cork hurler of my lifetime, and quite probably most under-rated on the national stage too. JBM took a lot of the glory from that era, and rightly so, he was an outstandingly skillful hurler. But I suspect that even Jimmy the gent would be the first to admit that Cummins was better! Culchie (Cork) - Posts: 799 - 31/01/2014 16:05:15 1539323 Link 0 |
Culchie, did Cummins not make the team of the millennium? realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 31/01/2014 16:17:58 1539327 Link 0 |
I just looked it up Realdub, and he did. Kind of rains on my Cummins pity parade! Culchie (Cork) - Posts: 799 - 31/01/2014 17:45:58 1539353 Link 0 |
i said ring was the best i will always stand by that,some guys on here are saying he was held scoreless by tommy doyle and bobby rackard [both fabulous players]which may be true but these guys were never better than ring never,another man would be jack lynch 6 all irelands in a row 5 hurling 1 football sheer class,cork bias aside joe cooney was a super player nicky english also dj tommy walsh henry shefflin great players indeed monkstownrebel1 (Cork) - Posts: 351 - 31/01/2014 19:24:09 1539389 Link 0 |