Voting is underway for "The Irish News" Ulster All Stars
2014.Anyone who wants to have their say can vote at
www.irishnews.com/allstars.

It will be interesting to see if the opinions of
Hoganstand users tally with the final results.

Nominations
Goalkeeper:Rory Beggan(Monaghan),Paul Durcan
(Donegal),Niall Morgan(Tyrone).

Half backs:Dermot McBride(Derry),Neil McGee,
Eamon McGee,Paddy McGrath(Donegal),Andy Mallon,
Charlie Vernon,James Morgan(Armagh),Kevin O'Boyle
(Antrim),Drew Wylie(Monaghan).

Full backs:Vinny Corey,Dessie Mone,Fintan Kelly
(Monaghan),Karl Lacey,Anthony Thompson(Donegal),
Matty Donnelly,Aidan McCrory(Tyrone),James Mc Enroe
(Cavan),Ciaran McKeever(Armagh).

Midfield: Colm Cavanagh, Sean Cavanagh(Tyrone),Dick
Clerkin,Darren Hughes (Monaghan),Odhran MacNiallas
(Donegal),Aaron Findon(Armagh).

Half forwards: Benny Coulter,Conor Laverty(Down),Kevin
Dyas(Armagh), Mark Lynch(Derry),Ciaran McGinley(Tyrone),
Ryan McHugh,Christy Toye,Leo McLoone(Donegal),Dermot
Malone(Monaghan).

Full forwards:Stefan Campbell,Tony Kernan,Jamie Clarke(Armagh),
Kieran Hughes,Conor McManus(Monaghan),MichaelMurphy(Donegal),
Donal O'Hare(Down), Brian Neeson(Antrim), Sean Quigley(Fermanagh).

Player of the season:Ryan McHugh.

REDANDBLACK30 (Down) - Posts: 1617 - 06/08/2014 11:01:48    1632290

Do the Ulster All Stars include games played by Ulster teams in the qualifiers as well or just within the Ulster Championship???

If it does include games outside the Ulster Championship why would they not wait until the All Ireland Series is over and take the quarter finals/semi-finals and possibly final into account??

Just trying to clarify the voting criteria, as it seems a bit unclear to me

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 06/08/2014 11:31:38    1632322

Rory Beggan - Head and shoulders ahead of the rest

Andy Mallon
Drew Wylie
Neil McGee

Vinny Corey
Karl Lacey
Ciaran McKeever - Personally would have given this to Mark Shields if he was nominated

Darren Hughes
Odhran MacNiallas

Ryan McHugh
Kevin Dyas
Dermot Malone - Would have given this to McGuinness

Tony Kernan
Stefan Campbell
Conor McManus

Young player of the year - Aaron Findon
Player of the year - Finding it hard to pick one.

Not afraid to admit I was a bit biased for some of these calls. Hard to make much of a case for any players inclusion outside Donegal, Monaghan and Armagh.

JP91 (Armagh) - Posts: 316 - 06/08/2014 11:33:06    1632325

Handballref I think it is primarily the Ulster Championship
that is considered but also performances in the qualifiers.

The awards are presented on the 4th September so the All
Ireland final will definitely not be taken into account.

It is the 20th season the awards are being presented I
didnt think they were going that long.

REDANDBLACK30 (Down) - Posts: 1617 - 06/08/2014 11:37:22    1632327

Cheers RedAndBlack. Was just curious as last year four Tyrone players made it into the team after being knocked out of Ulster in their first game. Donegal got to an Ulster final and all their players were overlooked. Players like Colm McFadden who had 2 belters of games in the Ulster Championship against Tyrone and Down that seemed to have been forgotten about. I suppose it's the people who vote for it though..


Rory Beggan - Feel a bit harsh leaving Papa out with the year he's had, best kickouts in the country

Drew Wylie
Neil McGee
Paddy McGrath

Dessie Mone
Karl Lacey
Vinny Corey

Odhran MacNiallas
Aaron Findon

Leo McLoone
Ryan McHugh
Christy Toye

Stefan Campbell
Jamie Clarke
Conor McManus

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 06/08/2014 12:03:33    1632346

Rory Beggan

Neil McGee
Drew Wylie
Andy Mallom

Karl Lacey
Vinny Corey
Dessie Mone

Darren Hughes
Odhran McNeilis

Ryan McHugh
Kevin Dyas
Leo McLoone

Stefan Campbell
Michael Murphy
Conor McManus

Although looking at that I've picked 6 Monaghan men and 6 Donegal men so my Monaghan bias is obviously showing - McManus and Murphy in the FF line lucky to get picked but options not great which goes to show that no one inside forward has really excelled from Ulster so far

Bermuda Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 106 - 06/08/2014 13:02:01    1632388

Found it very difficult to pick a half back line, Lacey/Mckeever or Thompson all could have been picked. Have went with the 3 Monaghan men though who each have had excellent campaigns.

Rory Beggan

Neil McGee
Drew Wylie
Paddy McGrath

Dessie Mone
Vinny Corey
Fintan Kelly

Odhran MacNiallas
Aaron Findon

Ryan McHugh
Kevin Dyas
Leo McLoone

Stefan Campbell
Tony Kernan
Conor McManus

Player of the season:Dessie Mone or Drew Wylie

maor_uisce (Tyrone) - Posts: 167 - 06/08/2014 13:06:19    1632393

Is the idea of picking an all-star team a bit outdated now with the modern style of football? A player could justifiably claim to be, for example, the best right-corner forward in the province 20 years ago when everyone had a similar idea of what a corner forward should be, but each of the 9 right-corner forwards in the modern game probably have an entirely different job to do. I would say Rory Beggan has scored more in the Ulster championship than 4 forwards combined in many posters selected 15.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 06/08/2014 21:30:35    1632716

HandballRef
County: Donegal
Posts: 95


Rory Beggan - Feel a bit harsh leaving Papa out with the year he's had, best kickouts in the country


Yikes! Don't say that on any of the non-Ulster forums!! The fact that you are probably right will incense the blue-tinted army even more!

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 06/08/2014 21:52:31    1632724

Frank McGlynn not nominated? I guess they judged his season on one slip. The half back line is the hardest to pick, not too many outstanding forwards.

Rory Beggan
Neil McGee
Drew Wylie
Paddy McGrath
Dessie Mone
Karl Lacey
Ciaran McKeever
Darren Hughes
Odhran MacNiallas
Ryan McHugh
Mark Lynch
Leo McLoone
Jamie Clarke
Michael Murphy
Conor McManus

Alvin (Donegal) - Posts: 218 - 07/08/2014 10:28:14    1632800