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Daly was class alright!
BilboNaggins (Galway) - Posts: 59 - 31/08/2021 15:29:05 2376793 Link 0 |
That was in 1984. Taylor had a blinder at wing-back and was in the running for an all-star that year. Laois were very good in the early 80s - Offaly only beat them by a point in 1981 and in a replay in 1982, and they beat Wexford in 1985. If the back door had been in place back then, they probably would have done very well.
Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1034 - 31/08/2021 15:55:37 2376802 Link 1 |
Came back from exiled and Picked himself to start when he was the manager. Got sacked as manager for doing so tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1390 - 01/09/2021 02:50:58 2376918 Link 0 |
It was some goal all right, and before it the dummy on Terry Ferguson to set himself up. From memory that game between Meath and Roscommon in 1991 was a brilliant game of football.
bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1413 - 05/09/2021 12:44:54 2377895 Link 0 |
Kevin O'Brien, Pat O'Byrne or Leighton Glynn - all Aussie Slayers Wicklowman (Wicklow) - Posts: 1142 - 05/09/2021 22:36:11 2378045 Link 0 |
Thread title should be "Best Player From Your County You Ever saw" StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1836 - 06/09/2021 10:22:37 2378127 Link 0 |
Hurling Cian Lynch - after many decades singing the praises of Eamon Cregan the mantle has moved. Football Ian Ryan. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4495 - 06/09/2021 12:55:59 2378200 Link 0 |
Peter Canavan - 94 - 96 unplayable... he was good in the noughties as well but untouchable back in mid 90s. He also captained tyrone to 2 u21 All Irelands in 91 and 92 and lost the final in 1990, not to mention POY in 1995 after scoring 11 points in AI final conman1282 (Tyrone) - Posts: 88 - 06/09/2021 13:51:20 2378214 Link 0 |
To me a great player is a player who can play in any position. Breffni1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 510 - 06/09/2021 15:09:13 2378244 Link 0 |
matt connor and brian whelehan. honourable mentions to tony mc tague and padraig horan. best outside of offaly eoin kelly and the gooch. kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 06/09/2021 15:21:48 2378250 Link 0 |
Ahh Graham geraghty won a all star as a back and forward. Think that proves his versatility.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 06/09/2021 15:23:58 2378256 Link 1 |
Agree 100%
Breffni1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 510 - 06/09/2021 15:41:44 2378263 Link 2 |
A few players won all stars in backs and forwards like Graham Geraghty Ger Power Nudie Hughes Paddy Moriarty Seán Lowry. Seanie Walsh of Kerry played Full back centre back midfield half forward centre forward and full forward for Kerry in championship football. Sean Lowry played full back centre back and full forward
CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3918 - 06/09/2021 16:12:35 2378281 Link 0 |
Val Daly is the first name that springs to mind galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1704 - 06/09/2021 16:18:38 2378284 Link 0 |
Still the same answers for me as I assumed you couldnt rate a player you never actually saw playing! Mattie Forde and Damien Fitzhenry!
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15815 - 06/09/2021 17:20:44 2378293 Link 1 |
kerry4sam21 (Kerry) - Posts: 103 - 07/09/2021 20:43:38 2378633 Link 0 |
I think Taylor got sent off (possibly in a club game) that year and it may have cost him an All-Star as those were the rules back then.
Heraf (Laois) - Posts: 316 - 08/09/2021 10:53:01 2378725 Link 0 |
Graham Geraghty was outstanding wing back, centre back, wing forward, full forward and corner forward. 1 At underage he won minor All Ireland and U21 All Ireland at centre back 1990 to 1993. 2 Came onto the Meath team 1993 1994 league played centre back for seniors 3 He then moved to wing back in 1994 1995 championship where he won All star 4 He then moved to wing forward 1996 1997 1998 putting in man of the match performances in games like 1996 All Ireland semi final, was best attacking wing forward in the country 1996 97 before Michael Donnellan came on the scene. 5 He then moved to full forward I 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 won All star at Full forward and captained Meath to All Ireland as full forward. Came one of the best forwards in Ireland. 6 Then 2006 2007 2008 and n and off up to 2011 he played Half forward in 2008 and full forward and corner forward I cannot think of any footballer in the last 50 years who was putting man of the match performance in provicial finals, All Ireland finals, semi finals at wing back, half forward, and full forward. Also got trails with Arsenal and played rugby in AIL League, rugby high level also. Kingkeegan (UK) - Posts: 55 - 08/09/2021 14:47:23 2378809 Link 0 |
I meant to say I cannot think of any footballer other than Graham Geraghty in the last 50 years who was putting in man of the match performances in provicial finals , All Ireland semis finals and All Ireland finals as a wing back , a wing forward and a full forward. Kingkeegan (UK) - Posts: 55 - 08/09/2021 14:56:10 2378812 Link 0 |
Sean Lowry was a massive footballer. He understood the role of, and excelled in, every position he ever played in. Paudie Lynch has All-Stars at mid-field, half-back and corner-back. And as a minor center-forward kicked 2-11 against Cork one year. Lynch was as close to the complete footballer as ever you'll get. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2231 - 08/09/2021 16:25:31 2378839 Link 0 |