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Diarmuid Connolly Genius

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "another Dublin player appreciation thread...yawn"
Haha,to be fair i agree with this.At least they should mostly be put on our own Dublin page.I think we've nearly seen all 15 Dublin players have their own appreciation thread on the main page by now.I'm half expecting to see a thread about the skill and importance of the Dublin team bus driver,the speed of the water carrier and the soft hands and dexterity of the lad that gives out the oranges at half-time.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 06/06/2016 21:32:28    1862493

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indeed Cue. I'm a huge admirer of many Dublin players but as far as discussion goes it gets a bit tiresome when these individual praise threads pop up. this is the second one about Connolly in two days, how much can we really say about the man after acknowledging he's a fine player

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2386 - 06/06/2016 22:02:44    1862521

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I think if an appreciations thread is started about a player by a person from the same county as the player it should be moved to that counties home page by Admin, free up the main page for hopefully discussions about the actual games.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 06/06/2016 22:14:40    1862530

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Connolly, for me, has been the one footballer I would travel to see for the past number of years. He has grown from a talented, petulant player to someone with a Keane-esque desire to win - with the talent to boot. Top quality, without a doubt.

Cully (Laois) - Posts: 375 - 14/06/2016 07:13:16    1866459

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Replying To Cully:  "Connolly, for me, has been the one footballer I would travel to see for the past number of years. He has grown from a talented, petulant player to someone with a Keane-esque desire to win - with the talent to boot. Top quality, without a doubt."
i was the very same with Ciaran McDonald

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 15/06/2016 13:58:14    1867209

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Replying To AthCliath:  "I think if an appreciations thread is started about a player by a person from the same county as the player it should be moved to that counties home page by Admin, free up the main page for hopefully discussions about the actual games."
Yes AthCliath

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8597 - 15/06/2016 16:14:13    1867285

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Replying To TheUsername:  "My enduring memory of Dermo is single handily putting the great Tyrone team to bed in the AI Ireland quater final in 2011, it was a horrible Saturday night and lashed rain the entire game.

He caught airplanes that night and took of scores ive never seen that night, a star was born that night and he has come on every year since.

What strikes me this year is he now plays with a knowledge that he is one of the best, he has no fear, he takes the ball into contact Vs anyone, dribbles, he belives his own own pomp.

The way he played on Sat is a great omen, despite his showboating in the league final where he was hooked, he had a point to prove to Gavin, he obvioulsy got a rollicking, his defensive work on Sat was brillinat he got through reams of work.

He almost the complete footballer, its hard to find a weakness on song."
I agree. He was awesome that night and to be fair I dont think Tyrone were even thinking about him before the match. By the way that was some game, i think it was 22-15 to dublin but some of the scores (on both sides) were absolutely breathtaking.

conman1282 (Tyrone) - Posts: 88 - 17/06/2016 08:02:27    1867988

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