The master
Your right Colin o'riordan deserved the all star more than James McCarthy.
Hill
donaghy came on as a sub in the Munster final as well, he dislocated his shoulder back in may which threw a spanner in the works to his early season, but in fairness the job he did for the team in the drawn game and replay and in the final was savage. He really put his shoulder to the wheel and can you imagine how sore that shoulder was after he dislocated it !

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/10/2014 20:49:00    1666699

i would have to give donaghy 1 as his return to form albeit a very short spell proved to be one of the major reasons why kerry won the all ireland..and the all stars basically ignore all the smaller counties each year and focus on the big sides so

fabio8 (USA) - Posts: 2182 - 23/10/2014 21:29:36    1666720

Can't argue too much with the selection except for Donaghy. He played 2 games all year, no way he did enough to be selected. The selection off Michael Murphy at half forward seems to have been designed from the start to pave the way for Donaghy's inclusion. I feel sorry for the half forwards like McHugh that could have been included if Murphy was picked in his correct position.

CharlieM (Donegal) - Posts: 427 - 23/10/2014 21:30:50    1666722

Hill16,

Absolutely no way was Keegan better than Aidan.
Maybe you didint see all his performances but he was good v cork, excellent v mayo and the only guy that has ever matched Murphy physically and got the better of him in the final.
Jackeen - you don't have to rate us we don't care we are the champions for the 37th time.

westkerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1250 - 23/10/2014 21:53:40    1666732

Hill16,

Absolutely no way was Keegan better than Aidan.
Maybe you didint see all his performances but he was good v cork, excellent v mayo and the only guy that has ever matched Murphy physically and got the better of him in the final.
Jackeen - you don't have to rate us we don't care we are the champions for the 37th time.

westkerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1250 - 23/10/2014 22:02:24    1666738

CharlieM
Donaghy played in 5 championship games this year , he came on as a sub against Clare cork and mayo, and started the replay and final so not that it maters but he did play more than 2 games and we would not have won the allireland without him, he actually saved us.
As for Michael Murphy they could have given him James McCarthys spot in the half back line as Michael Murphy spent most of his time back there anyway , and given the other half forward spot to someone who deserved it like Aidan O'Shea or donnacha Walsh.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 24/10/2014 10:31:51    1666766

How Paul Durcan has been given an All Star is beyond me. To be the reason your team loses an All Ireland final and then get an All Star makes a mockery of the whole thing. It is like giving your postie a Christmas bonus despite him/her never delivering you mail to the correct address.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 24/10/2014 10:38:55    1666772

Have to agree with Naysayer, Durcan cost his team an All-Ireland, it's a shame what happened but he doesn't deserve an all-star.
I don't think Donaghy or McCarthy deserved one either. Ryan McHugh did.

rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 24/10/2014 11:06:37    1666782

lifebuoy
County: Cavan
Posts: 623
Anyway how did John Leahy manage one in hurling that year, the forward line must have been atrociously bad in 1994 in hurling if Leahy got in having never played a minute according to you???

He produced a sensational display of hurling against Galway in the League Final down in Limerick. He then got injured before the Munster Championship opener against Clare when Tommy Guilfoyle's late goal knocked them out in the shock of the summer.

beir_bua (Kildare) - Posts: 746 - 24/10/2014 11:12:05    1666784

If Durcans big mistake in final,should be the reason he didnt dederve an all star,why should mchughs disappearing act in final mean he desrved to get one?

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 24/10/2014 12:32:36    1666817

TheHermit
County: Kerry
Posts: 293

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Yerra Hill 16 boy, everyone's entitled to an opinion.

Last year Kerry got a sum total of 2 All Stars, which given we lost an All Ireland semi final to the champions was about right.

Yet you are on here now saying Dublin should have what, 5-6 All Stars on the basis you lost a semi final to the only decent opposition you played (no offence to Monaghan but they just weren't at the races in the Q-final)??? And lost badly.

Walsh has consistently left everything on the pitch when he plays for Kerry, he should not have been overlooked. Flynn and Connolly are great players, but what did they do to turn the game around in the semi against Donegal. Like I said, I don't even have much of a problem with them getting All Stars, but Walsh should have gotten one too.

If its Walsh and the other six into six positions available, I would leave out O'Connor because IMO, he isn't in the same league as
Murphy, Star and JOD. That's just my pennies worth on O'Connor you can agree or disagree to your hearts content

im not saying dublin should have 5 or 6 all stars, where did i say that?
i said you cant have it both ways,
whinging we are too good and should be split up as a county
and then after one defeat say we dont merit any of these all stars
all stars are for 2014 not just one game you do realsie that.
the problem i have with your opinions is they are solely biased to kerry
like flynn connolly and cillian o connor
how on earth could you say none of these three deserved all stars for what they did in 2014
and at the same time look for aidan o mahony, donagahy and walsh as deserving
its not me being from dublin most people from all over feel the same

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 24/10/2014 12:56:00    1666828

westkerry
County: Kerry
Posts: 451

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Hill16,

Absolutely no way was Keegan better than Aidan.
Maybe you didint see all his performances but he was good v cork, excellent v mayo and the only guy that has ever matched Murphy physically and got the better of him in the final.
Jackeen - you don't have to rate us we don't care we are the champions for the 37th time.

thats 3 matches
he was awful for the rest of the year
keegan along with lynch were brilliant throughout the league
and in the championship keegan continued that form
he always seems to score be it a point or goal

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 24/10/2014 13:00:07    1666831

Everybody I have spoken to have said the team selection is a joke. Picking a guy who played a game and a half all year - Its a laugh !!
Dessie Mone was the best wing back by a mile for the "whole season" yet not selected. A joke!!
Ryan Mc Hugh played brilliantly all season, had an off-day in the final - Not selected !! Defies logic.
Accomodating certain players by moving guys into positions that they rarely play in - Would it happen in any other sport? No
Can somebody post up the list of selectors for this Annual farce please ? Maybe they are a left-over from the crashed Celtic Tiger!!
So I wont be watching this farce anymore. I'l find something more interesting to do !!

Brownred (Cavan) - Posts: 229 - 24/10/2014 13:37:44    1666854

How Donnacha Walsh was overlooked is beyond me. Wouldnt have given James McCarthy one. Think Donaghy was also very lucky to get one considering he has only played just over 2 games. I agree with the rest.

aidan64 (Kerry) - Posts: 665 - 24/10/2014 13:51:37    1666860

i said you cant have it both ways,
whinging we are too good and should be split up as a county
and then after one defeat say we dont merit any of these all stars

Hill 16, sure what Kerry people were ever saying Dublin were too good or should be split in two or were unbeatable? Many of us were rightly saying on here that Dublin were not half as good as some people were claiming, and to their credit the genuine Dublin fans on here were also dismissing talk of Dublin running away with the All Ireland this year.

I never said Dublin didn't merit any All Stars, of course they do. All I am suggesting is maybe Walsh can feel hard done because two Dublin half forwards were picked ahead of him.

I have no issue with Star getting one for reasons I outlined above. No problem with Murphy getting one. I don't think O'Connor is in the same class as the others as he is only top, top quality forward Mayo really have and so naturally all their scores come through him.

Would he make the Kerry starting 15, I don't think so. But that's only my own opinion.

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 24/10/2014 15:03:07    1666909