01/10/2015 21:13:54
fainleog
County: Limerick
Posts: 218

1794955
Greengrass - It is best to leave Dublin celebrate and wait in the long grass.

I knew there was something I was forgetting!Now,where's that lawnmower;-)

Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 02/10/2015 08:27:13    1794973

I hear Sean Quigley is still appearing in his nightmares.

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 02/10/2015 10:03:04    1795017

Fainleog it is a cracking Dublin team and Dublin supporters are rightly enjoying the success . I don't believe The GAA needs any team to be pre eminent in order for it to thrive . Kerry were in the doldrums between 1986 and 1997 yet we had the great Meath Cork rivalry and the re emergence of Ulster as a force in those years. Dublin were largely peripheral between 1995 and 2011 yet we had great Meath, Galway, Kerry, Armagh and Tyrone teams doing battle in those times . What we don't need is a small group getting so far ahead of the rest that essentially only a very few games matter. We had that from 1975-1981 and we don't need it again. Hopefully those Dublin posters I mentioned earlier have now calmed down.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 02/10/2015 10:14:46    1795026

Hang on I've been consistent all year in what I've posted on here so don't be telling me to calm down now that I'm right;

I said Dublin without a doubt after last years All Ireland would win Sam in '15 I was right

I said that was an average Kerry team I was right

And I've said The Roc is the greatest I was right

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 02/10/2015 11:51:39    1795089

Clondalkin'
And I was glad that Dublin beat Kerry in the final. I don't think medal stats are the measure of a player. You did bring it up though!

Let's take just one test example, as a comparison:

John O'Keeffe, Kerry, from the late 60's to the mid-80's:
AI medals=7
Munster medals=12
NFL=7
All-stars=5

And that is without ever going into club or underage stuff!

Periods come and go! Teams come and go!

John O'Keeffe is still being, and will be forever referenced for his full-back play.

Hope you're still alive 30 years hence, Clon! Will we then still hold with your magnanimous evaluation of ROC in the same light as just a few days after winning an AI title???

shoulderghost (Limerick) - Posts: 863 - 02/10/2015 13:25:26    1795166

Calm down Clondalkin. You're losing the run of yourself in a major way. You said Dublin would win the All Ireland this year. Big deal. A lot of us did the same. That "average " Kerry team you speak of managed to get all the way to an All Ireland final in defence of their title. That is an achievement that has to this point been beyond Dublin. Maybe Kerry are not that "average". Finally Rory O Carroll is "the best ever ? Try John O Keeffe, Darren Fay and Cormac Mac Anallen for starters. Like I said you and your fellow Dublin posters need to calm down. Better still you have your own county forum to post on. Keep these silly, self serving threads for your own forum.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 02/10/2015 13:47:59    1795176

Saw this
Saw who started the thread
Laughed out loud
Rolled on the floor laughing

He's not even the best full back in the modern game (was he included in today FM's recent 15 for 15 team) nope...
He's not the best full back in Dublin's history, wouldn't hold a candle to the great Gerry Hargan (a tough B*****d of a footballer but bloody fair too)
He's not the best full back in the Leinster history I could name 4 Meath full backs who's boots he'd not even lace..
He's not the best full back in footballing history either John O'Keefe of the great Kerry teams, Colman Corrigan of Cork, Noel Tierney of Galway.... Hell Seamus Moynihan, Neil McGee, Francie Bellew were/are all better


But just to appease you Clondalkin....

Yep the ROC is the greatest thing ever, since sliced bread and before the heel was invented.

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 02/10/2015 13:57:52    1795182

Neil McGee with 3 All Stars is not only ahead of him, but also a better defender and well you know it Clondalkin.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 02/10/2015 13:58:26    1795183

Although playing most of his career at midfield I feel Cormac McAnallen RIP would have went on and became one of the all time greats in full back. His transformation into full back was probably the turning point of our season in 2003. A great leader, a great captain. Captained us to minor and u21 All Ireland's. A pity this great man never got to raise Sam Maguire as captain.

Cumann Naomh Pádraig, An Eaglais

Tyrone MFC (2): 1996, 1997

Tyrone IFC: 1997
Trath na gCeist, Scór na nÓg Thír Eoghain (3): 1992, 1993, 1994
All-Ireland Scór na nÓg Trath na gCeist: 1995
Trath na gCeist, Scór Sinsear Thír Eoghain (3): 1999, 2001, 2003

Tír Eoghain

Ulster MFL: 1998
Ulster MFC (2): 1997, 1998 - latter as captain
All-Ireland MFC: 1998 - as captain
Ulster U-21 FC (2): 2000, 2001 - both as captain
All-Ireland U-21 FC (2): 2000, 2001 - both as captain
Ulster SFC: (2): 2001, 2003
NFL (2): 2002, 2003
McKenna Cup: 2004 - as captain
GAA Young Footballer of the Year: 2001
Ulster GAA Writers' Personality of the Year 1998 & Footballer of the Year 2001
Belfast Telegraph GAA Personality of the Year: 2001
GAA All-Star: 2003 (as full-back)

Ollscoileanna (QUB & UCD)

Ryan Cup: 1999
Sigerson Cup: 2000
Dublin SFC: 2002

Uladh

Railway Cup FC: 2003 (also played in 2001)

Éire

Represented Ireland at International Rules v. Australia: 2001 (as winners), 2002, 2003

tir_eoghain_abu (Tyrone) - Posts: 773 - 03/10/2015 12:04:19    1795406

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzgnmByrqI

Jackos_Wacko (Kerry) - Posts: 417 - 03/10/2015 12:35:52    1795418

Tyrone Abu I wouldn't disagree great player taken way to soon RIP. Still no doubting The Roc is the greatest and when we do the 5 in a row that will confirm it anyway I'm off to Parnell for Vincent's v Ballymun enjoy your Saturday posters except the Master I hope you have a horrible day.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 03/10/2015 15:01:39    1795456

Great post tir eoghain. In very stark contrast to what is being posted by our Dubln friends esoecially liamfromwalkinstown and clondalkin.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 03/10/2015 17:05:59    1795486

02/10/2015 13:58:26
Donegal_abroad
County: Donegal
Posts: 351

1795183 Neil McGee with 3 All Stars is not only ahead of him, but also a better defender and well you know it Clondalkin.

Before the Jimmy McGuinness era McGee was regularly coughing 1-5 to his man

HughHunt24 (Cork) - Posts: 841 - 06/10/2015 13:05:58    1796333

Highhunt you mean "before he had 14 men back there to help him out"

He wouldn't lace The ROC's boots

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 06/10/2015 17:54:39    1796517

Fullbacks are a protected species nowadays, with at least one but often two or three minders to look after them. It's like watching a child starting to walk with minders always ready to come to his aid if he shows any sign of coming under pressure. I'm surprised O'Carroll or any fullback is even allowed to walk from the sideline to the edge of the square without their helpers.

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 07/10/2015 15:57:08    1796838

Will someone please ring the men in white coats and tell them there going to need extra strong cable ties to restrain the bag of crazy called Clondalkin before he's hauled away, the ROC sweet Jesus will you stop, I'm waiting to see which of the Dublin starting 15 is going to be immortalised in marble on O'Connell Street for nobody to recognise, or which will have his puss emblazoned on the new €20 note or on this years Christmas stamps, one or two are sure to run to replace Michael D in the next presidential election and surely MDMA is going to replace the Timotei girl and Jack McCaffrey and Brian Fenton the andrex puppies.........the Dubs are good we know it we don't need different threads every day to remind us and we certainly don't need crap like the ROC is the greatest full back of all time, if you think that you haven't been looking at football very long

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 07/10/2015 17:46:36    1796880

certainly not sure that the ROC is the greatest , but clondalkindub is the greatest at winding you lot up .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 07/10/2015 17:54:08    1796884

In all fairness Rory O' Carroll is a great full back. He is a natural full back and has not been converted like many other full backs. He is probably the first name on the team sheet and is a superb defender. The Dublin defense is built around Rory O'Carroll. We need only look back to the drawn game against Mayo to see the way Dublin missed him. He has won 3 Senior All-Ireland medals and is only 25 years of age. Rory O'Carroll had a big part in Dublin winning those three All-Irelands.

fainleog (Limerick) - Posts: 598 - 07/10/2015 18:26:35    1796891

Damo
Ye need a hughhunt to start ye'r appreciation threads :-)

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 07/10/2015 19:40:02    1796908

Mick Lyons would have seen the 'protection' as an insult to his masculinity :)

lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1363 - 07/10/2015 20:26:53    1796920