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Theres a good argument for Dean Rock being Dublin's most irreplaceable player right now. His free taking is so good that if he got injured it'd seriously hurt their chances, probably more than any other forward. Having a good free taker puts so much pressure on the opposition defence as they know they can't get away with conceding frees. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4212 - 15/09/2016 14:25:24 1914623 Link
They are all important. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 15/09/2016 14:31:14 1914628 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "Theres a good argument for Dean Rock being Dublin's most irreplaceable player right now. His free taking is so good that if he got injured it'd seriously hurt their chances, probably more than any other forward. Having a good free taker puts so much pressure on the opposition defence as they know they can't get away with conceding frees." Haven't posted for a while but for me Ciaran Kilkenny is by far Dublin's most important player. The amount of times he is on the ball, what he does with it & his physical fitness are very impressive. If him & Connolly get on the ball, the inside forwards always seem to have a plentiful supply. A top class player. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 15/09/2016 14:33:48 1914632 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "Theres a good argument for Dean Rock being Dublin's most irreplaceable player right now. His free taking is so good that if he got injured it'd seriously hurt their chances, probably more than any other forward. Having a good free taker puts so much pressure on the opposition defence as they know they can't get away with conceding frees." Brogan- by a mile lowballplease (Galway) - Posts: 935 - 15/09/2016 14:38:20 1914635 Link
Replying To lowballplease: "Brogan- by a mile" in terms of being the biggest difference between winning a big game in a tight finish, yes - it's Bernard Brogan. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 15/09/2016 14:56:49 1914645 Link
Right now Kev Mc maybe? MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 15/09/2016 14:59:44 1914652 Link
Replying To waynoI: "They are all important." And we have only one Lee Keegan. Damn! Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 15/09/2016 15:12:45 1914661 Link
At the moment it's Kevin Mc. Might be Brogan the next day. Strong case could be made for Dean Rock though. Brilliant free taker -indispensable. avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 15/09/2016 15:32:34 1914673 Link
DR BB CK PF PA EOG CC DC C'OC All capable of doing something special Oh yeah.. and KMc jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 15/09/2016 16:08:35 1914701 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "DR BB CK PF PA EOG CC DC C'OC All capable of doing something special Oh yeah.. and KMc" All CAPABLE of doing something special, yes. But then, so are most intercounty players. But who is likely to do it when it really matters?? I would say Brogan, followed by Kev Mac. Connolly probably does it more often but hasn't made a final his own yet. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 15/09/2016 16:46:06 1914722 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "DR BB CK PF PA EOG CC DC C'OC All capable of doing something special Oh yeah.. and KMc" Little between them but the man who could turn a game for Dublin was McCaffrey. Rock may not contribute much from play but is almost certain to score any frees that come his way. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 15/09/2016 17:17:34 1914739 Link
Based on the semi final.. Dean Rocks free taking unclegerry (Mayo) - Posts: 1222 - 15/09/2016 17:24:57 1914742 Link
Very hard question actually, you find yourself making odd reasoning in your head for not naming someone else, I'd say this will be a very split topic Connolly is probably Dublin's 'best' forward, but when he's been sent off they've managed. Same with Kev Mc (until this year, unreal), Flynn is probably my favourite Dublin player but he's been fairly quiet (by his standards). I'd have to go with Brogan myself, Rock very very close behind considering his accuracy from dead ball. Not a bad situation for Dublin in the old forward line these days. GetOverTheBar (Tyrone) - Posts: 1388 - 15/09/2016 17:50:46 1914757 Link
The most important forward is Kilkenny. However if you need to quickly turn a game on it's head and reverse a deficit with a few mins to go then you turn to Bernard and Kevin. Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 15/09/2016 19:04:46 1914794 Link
Bernard Brogan 100000000000% Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 15/09/2016 20:55:55 1914832 Link
Dermot Connolly is thee most important player that Dublin have. By a country mile in my opinion dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 15/09/2016 22:08:03 1914872 Link