THE BEST FOOTBALLER OF MODERN TIMES HAS
TO BE MATTY FORDE

4bythenore (Kilkenny) - Posts: 360 - 18/02/2011 19:38:03    871082

ja fallon,sean og de paor. come to think of it that galway team is the best team in the last 20 year imo.

s.t.r.c.u.y.a. (Dublin) - Posts: 23 - 18/02/2011 20:20:48    871107

Trevor Giles, Ciaran McDonald, Paraic Joyce, Maurice Fitz and Declan Browne.

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 18/02/2011 20:34:59    871121

Deccie Browne

tipptothetop (Tipperary) - Posts: 531 - 18/02/2011 20:37:20    871122

1. Maurice Fitzgerald
2. Colm Cooper
3. Paul Galvin
4. Seamus Moynihan
5. Tomás Ó Sé

Need never watch anyone else ever again after watching these five - pure aristocrats of the game of gaelic football.

dingle1 (Clare) - Posts: 805 - 18/02/2011 20:45:25    871136

Dara O'Shea plucking balls out of the thin air.
Colin Corkery whenever he managed to get the ball, always a score
Joe Brolly for the theatrics
Padraig Joyce, mr reliable, for carrying the team
Francie Bellew, showing the hard side of the game

Burnsey (Down) - Posts: 561 - 18/02/2011 21:17:24    871174

Paul Curran... the fella was truly gifted.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 18/02/2011 21:23:57    871180

Kevin Madden from my own county, peter canavan, johnny doyle, ciaran mac, and marty clarke in the present day game

frankbhoy77 (Antrim) - Posts: 1300 - 18/02/2011 21:26:54    871187

Ciaran McDonald

kefan (Kildare) - Posts: 498 - 18/02/2011 21:44:08    871204

Canavan at his peak was the most exciting footballer I have seen. Joyce, Donnellan, Linden and Cooper were not bad either!

MB1 (Tyrone) - Posts: 360 - 19/02/2011 10:36:44    871273

Peter Canavan was my no 1 with Padraic Joyce, Dara o Se and Maurice Fitzgerald close behind. There have been many great players in this era.

MARNELL (Westmeath) - Posts: 728 - 19/02/2011 11:04:50    871288

Totally Biased like many on here but surely Anthony Tohill

derryman (Derry) - Posts: 3246 - 19/02/2011 11:23:59    871298

For me, it is very hard to single out one or two individuals, so many great players with different roles to play, for example with out Brian McGuigan as I would regard as the best play maker in the game Tyrone would not have won 2003 and 2005 All Irelands and therefore Canavan and co would not have had the service to highlight their brillance at times. Although if put on the spot I would rate Cooper, Canavan, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Thomas O Se, Cavanagh as players when the chips were down they would have produced a kind of magic not capable from no other player against serious opposition and at the later stages of all irelands.

checkmate (Tyrone) - Posts: 2 - 19/02/2011 11:40:18    871306

Kieran Donaghy - a full backs nightmare, can catch any ball. Ciaran McDonald is the probably the best player to have never won an all ireland

pitch_invader (Mayo) - Posts: 154 - 19/02/2011 11:46:34    871311

Pádraig Joyce, Peter Canavan, Séamus Moynihan, Ciarán McDonald, Declan Browne, Colm Cooper, Stephen O'Neill and Stephen McDonnell have all been fantastic players to watch over the last 20 years.

However, imo, Maurice Fitzgerald on his day was in a class of his own.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13802 - 19/02/2011 12:22:02    871324

Of what ive seen in my lifetime:

Ciarian MacDonald, Padraig Joyce, Colm Cooper, Peter Canavan

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11585 - 19/02/2011 12:31:30    871327

1/ Ciarán McDonald (All round brilliance, a travesty that this man hasn't an All Ireland)
2/ Gooch Cooper (Just love watching the Gooch gifted, a defenders nightmare, which way left foot, right foot)
3/ Peter Canavan (The general a master class in action)
4/ Michael Donnellan (For couple of years was sheer class, shame about the big head!!!)
5/ Brian Dooher (Surprised he hasn't had a mention all ready, took the mantle after Canavan and shone like a beacon true class for Tyrone)

Pádraig Joyce, Stephen O'Neill, Dara O'shea, Alan Dillon, Maurice Fitzgerald, god you could go on for ever all top, top players.

Mancirish (UK) - Posts: 2200 - 19/02/2011 13:21:52    871361

Anthony Tohill.
Mickey Linden.
Graham Geraghty.
Dermot Mc Cabe.
Tomas O'Shea.

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 19/02/2011 14:01:12    871375

Gilesy and Maurice Fitz honourable mention to ciaran mc donald

RoylerKing (Meath) - Posts: 809 - 19/02/2011 14:01:33    871376

The legend that is GG.

Coylers Elbow (Meath) - Posts: 1075 - 19/02/2011 16:33:59    871433