Who was the most aesthetically pleasing footballer to watch in the last 20 years? Id have to say Gooch, Ciaran MacDonald, our own Marty Clarke, Brian McGuigan, Giles, Maurice Fitz (who is miles ahead of everyone), Geraghty, Marc O'Se, Niall MacNamee.

fbpurist (Down) - Posts: 5 - 18/02/2011 17:09:51    870907

Paul Galvin in 2009 was , as was peter canavan around 2003

healy96 (Westmeath) - Posts: 177 - 18/02/2011 17:16:33    870915

C McDonald, Fitzgearld, Joyce...all incredibly intelligent foorballers

jafallon (Galway) - Posts: 489 - 18/02/2011 17:21:04    870922

Peter the Great.

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 18/02/2011 17:32:07    870929

For me it over the last 20 years it would be Maurice Fitz comfortably but I also loved watching Stephen O'Neill and Padraig Joyce, two artists of the game.

All-time it would be Matt Connor.

eviemonkey (Cork) - Posts: 308 - 18/02/2011 17:35:31    870931

It's a battle between the gooch and maurice fitz. I'd go for maurice fitz due to his long range scoring and ability off both feet. The gooch however is more prolific. Other honourable mentions must go to kieran mcdonald,bernard brogan,peter canavan,declan o sullivan and padraig joyce among others. It's a cliche but it really has been a golden age.

mikeoc (Kerry) - Posts: 567 - 18/02/2011 17:47:18    870940

without a doubt C Mc Donald- the best player ever to grace a football field

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 18/02/2011 17:47:32    870941

peter canavan

kildare4sam2010 (Kildare) - Posts: 506 - 18/02/2011 17:52:16    870949

michael donnellan........ maurice fitz ..............trevor giles

skinthecat (Galway) - Posts: 394 - 18/02/2011 17:59:54    870959

trevor giles worth a mention?

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 18/02/2011 18:01:54    870961

Maurice Fitz, Joyce and McDonald.

Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 18/02/2011 18:03:09    870962

trevor giles graham geraghty peter canavan sean cavanagh the gooch

loyalroyalgal (Meath) - Posts: 39 - 18/02/2011 18:15:25    870968

A special mention to the legendary seamus moynihan. He had skill,pace,vision and incredible workrate. Also his delivery of a shoulder was like watching a scarecrow get hit by a train.

mikeoc (Kerry) - Posts: 567 - 18/02/2011 18:24:22    870974

in my humble opinion:Gooch!

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 18/02/2011 18:29:06    870980

maurice fitzgerald. miles ahead of the rest

32_4_1 (Meath) - Posts: 4156 - 18/02/2011 18:42:12    871001

On his day, there's few better than Paddy Bradley

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 18/02/2011 18:42:54    871002

"aesthetically pleasing"? That rules out players who didn't have year round tans I suppose. Understandable then why there's so many votes for Maurice Fitz & Ciaran McD.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4151 - 18/02/2011 18:55:56    871025

For me the skill and grace of Maurice Fitz was a joy to behold. After that Gooch, Stephen O'Neill, some of Owen Mulligans dummies unreal, Padraic Joyce and Ciaran MacDonald.

StJude (Roscommon) - Posts: 87 - 18/02/2011 19:00:37    871038

For the list of those there or thereabouts in terms of excitement Jayo deserves a mention as does Declan Browne, Vinny Claffey, Stephen O'Neill, Stevie from Killeavey and hopefully whenever Johnny Doyle retires people might give him the recognition he deserves.

But for me Maurice Fitz is the best player I have ever seen and consistently could do things with a ball that no-one could match.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 18/02/2011 19:13:40    871058

geraghty, joyce and wheelan

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 18/02/2011 19:33:22    871074