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trevor giles.pure fooball genius.best player of his generation.cruciate ended it to early. trav (Meath) - Posts: 27 - 30/04/2009 23:18:40 272913 Link 0 |
BobMalooka Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 745 - 01/05/2009 00:23:30 272961 Link 0 |
trevor giles.favourite player of any county is sean cavanagh enda.muldoon (Derry) - Posts: 318 - 01/05/2009 00:47:58 272967 Link 0 |
Jinxie, very observant but it's actually Danny Murray who played on the Roscommon teams of the late 70's and 80's. He won All-Stars at no.7 in 1979 and '80. I know the late great Jimmy Murray that you mention. I once had the honour of shaking his hand in his pub in Knockcrochery when up there at a funeral. I went with players I have seen live or on TV, with the exception of Cavan (and that was to rise my in-laws up there more than anything else as they never let up about the great Cavan teams of the '40's and 50's) so with all due respect to any county where I passed, going back into the past doing research from old footage etc., isn't the same as watching the games happen while they were happening, be that at the pitch or on the screen. My judgement would probably be influenced by what I have heard others say about such players over the years so it was more appropriate to pass. shoulderghost (Limerick) - Posts: 863 - 01/05/2009 01:17:11 272973 Link 0 |
by legend and videos i watched...brian mullins. seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1663 - 01/05/2009 01:17:11 272974 Link 0 |
From what i've seen it would be: Football: Johnny Nevin...played from 1988-2005 i think...still playing senior club football at 41 while now a selector too on senior county team! A real legend. All those years battling away in div 4, with only a B championship & O'Byrne cup to show for it. Won a bit more with the hurlers but nowhere near enough for him. I bet despite being a true Carlowman, at times he must wish he was from Dublin/Meath or even L**** no i cant actually say that! Hurling: Well yet again Nevin has to have an honourable mention here...he played about 16 years with them too...many times lining out for hurlers & footballers on the same day! But the best hurler Carlow has is Shane Kavanagh our no 6. He is as good as you would get in any county. Plus the added bonus that he can strike over any free from half way or back towards his own 65 over the bar. I remember at an u-21 game a while back Carlow v Kilkenny and we were standing beside a KK fan...and he said that no 6 of yours would make our senior team already! Best compliment i heard to describe how good he is! The Real 1944 (Carlow) - Posts: 1114 - 01/05/2009 01:23:03 272975 Link 0 |
Shoulderghost, I'm surprised you haven't seen Barry Owens or Marty McGrath of Fermanagh in the flesh or at least on TV. You can amend that by watching the Ernesiders in the coming months..... Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 745 - 01/05/2009 10:03:05 273027 Link 0 |
Darren Fay,beast of a man,heart of a lion and hands like shovels!! hillroyal (Meath) - Posts: 28 - 01/05/2009 10:33:01 273059 Link 0 |
For Cavan it was probably "The Gallant John-Joe" O'Reilly, but before my time !! Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 01/05/2009 10:43:48 273067 Link 0 |
Little mentioned, and maybe a little off the point of the topic, but John Gildea as Donegal's player of the 00's. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1478 - 01/05/2009 11:32:53 273109 Link 0 |
Barry McGowan was the best in my opinion incredibly strong and fit,great distributor of the ball and probably one of the most if not the most intelligent footballers i've ever seen. DL (Donegal) - Posts: 210 - 01/05/2009 12:22:05 273151 Link 0 |
Eiregocroi-no offense to ye Rebels, but was not Mr. Tompkins from Kildare. Even though he helped Cork to 2 Sams, is he not a lilywhite by birth? Try Jimmy Barry Murphy or Tom Creedon, home grown talent. lostintime (USA) - Posts: 533 - 01/05/2009 12:30:13 273161 Link 0 |
hurlin-mark mythen...... football vinny murphy lool airmax (UK) - Posts: 56 - 01/05/2009 14:19:38 273236 Link 0 |
Ah rite shoulder, with ya now. Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 01/05/2009 14:32:55 273259 Link 0 |
Dessie Barry, would have made any foorward line. Accurate, able to win his own ball and tough as nails. Mondo (Longford) - Posts: 148 - 06/05/2009 16:54:40 276400 Link 0 |
happydude (Meath) - Posts: 234 - 12/05/2009 22:16:57 281663 Link 0 |
Niall Buckley. Better than any current player from ANY county currently playing. derfil1 (Kildare) - Posts: 1612 - 13/05/2009 00:19:59 281784 Link 0 |
Historical - Tommy Murphy. Only Laoismann on GAA Team of the Millenium and all that. spudenator (Laois) - Posts: 1052 - 13/05/2009 11:46:59 281963 Link 0 |
It always amazes me the amount of meath fans that place players ahead of giles in a survey like this and YES I know you are entitled to your opinion. There are a few lads there that have the sense to have him as their no 1. There is no doubt that Geraghty, Fay, O Rourke were great players but giles was at a different level altogether. A complete footballer, great vision, two feet, hard as nails and very accurate in the forwards. Played a lot of club and college stuff at centre back and was supposed to have been even better in that position. I would have him along side Moynahan as one of the truly great footballing brains of the last 15 yrs.(not inc managers). Martin OConnell is one I can see as a another good choice too as one of Meaths finest. JohnMitchel (Dublin) - Posts: 178 - 13/05/2009 12:22:56 281988 Link 0 |
There was and still is so many great players in Monaghan. not an easy choice supp01 (Monaghan) - Posts: 156 - 13/05/2009 13:47:13 282079 Link 0 |