Only one answer to this. The Mort

We are talking about outside the 20 metre line so ' the mort ' would be lost!

superdub (Dublin) - Posts: 392 - 15/07/2009 00:22:22    346431

at the moment....(only my opinion, didnt put too much thought into it)
1. Brian Sheehan
2. Paddy Bradley
3. Michael Meehan
4. Bernard Brogan
5. Stephen ONeill
6. Mattie Forde
7. Seanie Johstone
8. Ciaran Lyng
9. M.J Tierney
10. Paddy Cunignham
11. Michael Murphy
12. Colm Cooper
13. Donacha O Connor

dats the top place kick takers from what i can think of.
dont be afraid to tell me if i left out any major contenders!

gggg (Monaghan) - Posts: 225 - 15/07/2009 01:09:18    346467

Oisin McConville before his back injuries forced him to take them out of the hands

corrinshego (Armagh) - Posts: 305 - 15/07/2009 01:26:11    346473

ronan carolan

pecho (Cavan) - Posts: 56 - 15/07/2009 03:26:28    346494

john doyle

mac21 (Leitrim) - Posts: 677 - 15/07/2009 09:02:35    346562

emlyn mulligan also

mac21 (Leitrim) - Posts: 677 - 15/07/2009 09:02:57    346563

When you saw maurice fitz, brian stafford or colin corkery stepping up to take a free, you didn't expect 'em to miss
and they every rarely did. presently, brian sheehan, aaron kernan and ross carr are handy enough.

POD09 (Limerick) - Posts: 486 - 15/07/2009 09:06:24    346564

alan dillon has to get a mention here

jim jim (Mayo) - Posts: 117 - 15/07/2009 10:54:48    346659

maurice fitzgerald,consult youtube if you need a reminder of why

kildara (Kildare) - Posts: 101 - 15/07/2009 11:02:59    346672

sheehan and tierney i'd have to say are the best from right foot/left foot at the moment. the two bucks from cork arnt bad either. theres a lad from leitrim who kicks them from the paw's, whats him name ? very accurate

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 15/07/2009 11:03:45    346674

Rhodejim his name is Emlyn Mulligan

jim jim (Mayo) - Posts: 117 - 15/07/2009 11:16:42    346691

In recent times I'd say Maurice Fitz and Colin Corkery. At the minute Sheehan is very good, Cian Ward as well. Paddy Cunningham from my own county deserves a mention. Before him we had Kevin Madden, also very reliable.

SW_Gael (Antrim) - Posts: 55 - 15/07/2009 11:39:00    346717

Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry by far the best in last ten years followed by Colm Corkery of Cork and in Mayo would have been Maurice Sheridan & Ciaran Mc Donald on his day.

boxer (Mayo) - Posts: 29 - 15/07/2009 11:53:57    346731

whiterbannnas
County: Mayo
Posts: 1231

346413 Only one answer to this. The Mort

End of thread

Ha ha thats a good one whiterbannnas. But seriously, Charlie Redmond no question about it. Jimmy keaveney deserves a mention aswell.

ConnollyDub (Dublin) - Posts: 2007 - 15/07/2009 12:26:35    346786

1. Stafford 2. Tompkins 3. Maurice Fitzgerald.

Current:
1. Michael Meehan(Galway) 2. Martin Reilly(Cavan) 3. Brian White(Louth)

eiregocroi (Cork) - Posts: 201 - 15/07/2009 12:47:19    346811

With both RTE and TV3 Delving further into stats with every season it's amazing that they haven't broken down the success rate of all the free takers over the course of the season, like they do in Rugby.

Peter Parker (Galway) - Posts: 14 - 15/07/2009 12:49:02    346812

eiregocroi
County: Cork
Posts: 199

346811 1. Stafford 2. Tompkins 3. Maurice Fitzgerald.

Current:
1. Michael Meehan(Galway) 2. Martin Reilly(Cavan) 3. Brian White(Louth)

Martin Reilly?No

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 15/07/2009 12:49:37    346813

Currently: Ciarán Lyng

Ever: Charlie Redmond

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13803 - 15/07/2009 12:50:52    346814

Maurice Fitz - 2 reasons. I was at a Clare-Kerry Munster final in Limerick, Kerry had won a free at the hardest possible angle-on the 13m line in the right-hand corner. Maurice saunters over and puts the ball down. He then notices the ref had been caught up with looking at an injury so strides up and takes the free with his left (not his weaker side but his less brilliant side!) and misses by a good bit knowing full well he'll have to retake. Sure enough he did and then proceeds to split the posts with the "official" effort - genius and cute so and so all wrapped into one. As a neutral, I was at the Kerry-Dublin game in Thurles when he scored THAT point. My privilege was to be exactly behind him, three rows from the sideline wire, when he struck the ball. Now for those who were there or saw it on telly, it was incredible, the view I was so lucky to get left me speechless. I'm a hurling fan but Maurice Fitzgerald was the player who was most capable of elevating football to an art form.

barrnasraide (Carlow) - Posts: 49 - 15/07/2009 13:17:17    346853

yes peter parker dats one thing id love to see on rte or tv3.

martin reilly? noway he was unbelievable for cavan against fermanagh but against antrim he couldnt find any form at all.

personally i think the most consistant free takers would be brian sheehan, seanie johnstone, paddy cunignham, paddy bradley and ciaran lyng

gggg (Monaghan) - Posts: 225 - 15/07/2009 13:31:38    346877