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Frankie may not have gone to hollywood, but he certainly went to town on St Faithleachs today in the Roscommon county final. The enigma, the maverick, no doubt about it, the man is sheer class. 1-8 today (1-05 from play I think) as well as teeing up Senan Kilbride for his goal. People rave about Diarmuid Connolly but Frankie for me never got/gets the credit he deserves. Robbed of an all-star in 03, 12 points against offaly followed by 13 points against Kildare that year (points in that game were out of this world and are on youtube). He unfortunately never really got national recognition but he was as talented as Ciaran McDonald in my view without the exposure. Brigis will be hard stopped based on that result today and more importantly, his form. Thoughts? Rosfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 778 - 19/10/2014 21:39:19 1665302 Link 0 |
always a class act. in fairness if he had 10 years of playing with county teams in aug/sept each year then he's on a par with the very best. declan browne,john galvin, paddy keenan are just some of the others. superdub (Dublin) - Posts: 392 - 19/10/2014 21:55:34 1665312 Link 0 |
Its an awful pity he did not play for Roscommon longer ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 19/10/2014 21:57:56 1665314 Link 0 |
Yes I agre, he did play during the barren 00's. After the connacht title in 01 and the qf in 03 Roscommon went into a very bleak period. He played then but he wasn't the same player. He has always been his best for St Brigids, as has Senan Kilbride. If those 2 played for Roscommon together who knows where we would have gone. It will be interesting to see how Ballintubber deal with the 2 of them. Everyone knows stop them and you will probably win but its easier said than done. Rosfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 778 - 20/10/2014 20:45:36 1665636 Link 0 |
Frankie has had a great autumn in his club career but I wouldn't compare him to McDonald or Connolly. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7889 - 20/10/2014 21:20:31 1665647 Link 0 |
In fairness that's a very average Faithleachs team and that was by far the best he's played all year according to my sources the other side of the border square_ball_69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 826 - 20/10/2014 21:40:54 1665656 Link 0 |
20/10/2014 21:20:31 HandyMoran (Roscommon) - Posts: 327 - 20/10/2014 21:50:25 1665659 Link 0 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oztqMYoimvk HandyMoran (Roscommon) - Posts: 327 - 20/10/2014 21:58:46 1665664 Link 0 |
Calm down there chief! It is my opinion that he wasn't as good as the people mentioned, and I don't think he was as good as Dessie either. You seem to think he was outstanding over a long period of time which simply isn't true. And picking out 2 games in the qualifier series against Offaly and whoever else won't change my mind. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7889 - 21/10/2014 09:34:41 1665676 Link 0 |
Frankie had his days in the sun (Connacht Final in 2001 and Connacht and All Ireland wins with Brigids). Never liked the way he went on on the pitch, but he was and still is a very good player. His performance in All Ireland win for Brigids in 2012 was top class. He didn't produce it too often for Roscommon in his later years with them. pdempsey (Mayo) - Posts: 1313 - 21/10/2014 10:07:46 1665683 Link 0 |
Frankie stopped playing for Roscommon in 2004 (bar a couple of games in 2008) so it might have something to see with him not dong much for Roscommon after that. To the Mayo poster to saying he has had a good autumn to his career, you must have not seen much of him playing he was class from the time as a minor he won a senior county championship to now, it is just a pity he did not play for the county for longer then he did. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 21/10/2014 13:28:53 1665754 Link 0 |
ROS1 TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7889 - 21/10/2014 14:17:31 1665774 Link 0 |
The Flaker i was responding to pdempsey post, i am well entitled to say say that he has been class for the last 18 years as it is true. Where did i blame you for him not playing for Roscommon? ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 21/10/2014 17:20:52 1665851 Link 0 |
ROS1 TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7889 - 21/10/2014 17:33:18 1665858 Link 0 |
he is mighty for his age and could do some riots in the backline against ballintuber , but i see o connor could be doing the same as the forward line niamhy94 (Roscommon) - Posts: 31 - 21/10/2014 17:35:49 1665859 Link 0 |
The flaker you did say that it was not our fault which suggests i was trying to blame you. There was a falling out the usual gaa reason. I would argue he was better then Dessie. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 21/10/2014 18:33:39 1665888 Link 0 |
Allot of hot air over a good performance in a County final which was a non-event! Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 21/10/2014 20:32:09 1665942 Link 0 |
ROS1 TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7889 - 21/10/2014 21:07:41 1665962 Link 0 |
In fairness ban the thread i think was started recognising his 18 year senior playing career more then one specific match. In the match itself he was man of the match at 36 in a county final which is not a bad feat. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 21/10/2014 21:09:39 1665963 Link 0 |
The thread was put up to recognise a good (could have been great) career but also because I felt that all with the stuff said about the likes of Connolly (absolute class player but very hot tempered), a player who has shown many glimpses of sheer class but not got the plaudits deserved a mention this weekend. Ballintubber as good as they are with O Connor and Dillon do not possess a player of his class or Kilbrides. Brigids are 5/1 to win Connacht and 20/1 for the all Ireland. Cratole are 13/1. A team from clare are favoured more to win an all-Ireland than the AI champions of 2013. Joke! Rosfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 778 - 21/10/2014 21:22:23 1665975 Link 0 |