Realdub
Hit them hard hard hard as pat short would say :-) I always loved Ciaran duff I saw him play in Killarney in a few league games when I was young and was was in awe of him and afraid for my life when he'd come over to the sideline for a ball. Have you any idea what he's up to these days?

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 11/12/2013 21:51:05    1522833

Tyroneed
I agree with you bout Kennelly , I would not be a fan of his in the slightest.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 11/12/2013 21:54:40    1522836

Well Kingdomboy, he worked in the ESB down through years, haven't seen him around but I don't be on the scene that much myself!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8754 - 11/12/2013 22:00:09    1522837

Hero: Kevin O'Brien, Dessie Barry, Declan Browne, Matty Forde
Villian: Conor Gormley, Ryan McMenaman, Colm Coyle, Sean Doherty
Own County: Paul Barden, Dessie Barry, Sean Donnelly

Salmanneile (Longford) - Posts: 113 - 12/12/2013 09:29:06    1522850

hero.. mickey "ned" O' Sullivan, Maurice Fitzgerald,Brian Stafford,Mickey Linden,Frank McGuigan,Stephen O'Neill,Martin McHugh.
Villian... Alan Larkin,Ciaran Duff,Mick Lyons,Ryan McMennimen

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 12/12/2013 10:27:09    1522864

heros..tony mc tague, matt connnor,willie bryan,vinny claffey,martin hanamy.brial whelehan,john troy,johnny flaherty.
villians mick lyons, bobby doyle, barney rock,dessie dolan,dj carey,eddie/willie o connor tony doran,martin storey
the villians not because i dont like them but they broke my heart on several occasions..!

kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 12/12/2013 10:51:27    1522875

MesAmis
County: Dublin
Posts: 6709

1522819 Horsebox

A bit harsh on Declan Darcy maybe? He did/does have a genuine family attachment to Leitrim.

ah he still moved simple as did the other villain: Larry Tompkins, Shea Fahy, Carl O'Dwyer, Seanie Johnson etc

Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 12/12/2013 13:41:54    1523002

Horsebox77
County: Kerry
Posts: 1454

Consistency Horsebox. Fair play!

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13800 - 12/12/2013 14:08:35    1523016

The only two worth poaching from that lot were the two Kildare lads!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8754 - 12/12/2013 14:10:00    1523017

@MichaelO and @Horsebox

Well first of all, it's if had to pick a villian from my county. Some people chose to just say overall heros and villians whereas some also added heros from their own county, I thought it was only fair to name villians from my own county too.

To explain my choices, Star which people have agreed with had max 2 good seasons with Kerry yet still starts? I also think he makes an awful lot of bad decisions. He's a one trick pony, and for some reason (and sure enough maybe he's not at fault for this) he still starts and takes the place of in my opinion more deserving players. Coming from Tralee I played against him a few times, and he never stood out in those games. Daniel Bohan who has featured on and off for Kerry always had much more of a bearing on games played for Stacks than star did.

Fair enough Horsebox, perhaps Quirke is a harsh one, as you said he had one job to do. But I don't how many times I was frustrated with him because that job was the only job he could do. His kick passing was poor, his tackling was terrible, and the man had absolutley no pace to ever track back. And ironically this guy with a huge lack of skill, goes around from school to school teaching kids skills, and teaching coaches training regimes?! Again also played against him, and sure sometimes it was just awkwardness but he was a fairly dirty player in my opinion. With the black card now and his extreme lack of pace he would never get on the Kerry team now even in his prime, not a lot of players that were playing only a few years ago would you say that about!

JMK (Kerry) - Posts: 273 - 12/12/2013 16:36:00    1523112

And horsebox I was at that game, but I really don't think one game saves a player

JMK (Kerry) - Posts: 273 - 12/12/2013 16:40:06    1523116

hero - Maurice Fitzgerald
Villian - John Power Kilkenny.

Own county Hero's.
S Darby..
P McCormack..
Matt Connor..

Hurling
Ah sure take your pick.....

Bogman10 (Offaly) - Posts: 60 - 12/12/2013 16:42:25    1523118

murof Kildare..........How can you leave out Dermot Earley and Tony McManus, two of the finest footballers to come out of Connaught?
cos the great Dermot was a mayoman!

pcworld (Mayo) - Posts: 549 - 12/12/2013 18:24:54    1523183

just a mention of one man above i remembered a good quiz question i herd a few yr ago..only two kerry men have all stars and no all ireland medal..name them!!

kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 12/12/2013 22:01:17    1523274

JMK: I totally agree with you regarding the Star but still think your harsh on Mike Q, we didn't re-invent the wheel in 2006, but it took counties 2 or 3 years to get to grips, we as a county have eventually evolved again and tried something new with the placing of Cooper on the forty, unfortunately where as other players have improved on added another dimension to their play unfort Star has not changed and is like you say "a one trick pony". Mike was never going to win 100 metres sprints and was never a 70 minute man, his role was that of last 20 minutes just to steady the ship and win primary possession, I have played both With and Against Mike and have marked him on a few occasions, it is just the sheer girth and size that players cannot handle, but you always play to your strengths his strength was just exactly that "his strength" but ya I see your point.

Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 13/12/2013 08:27:58    1523277

kavvie
County: Clare
Posts: 133

1523274 just a mention of one man above i remembered a good quiz question i herd a few yr ago..only two kerry men have all stars and no all ireland medal..name them!!

Didn;t think there was 2? Everyone Knows about Connie Murphy, he has no inter County medal but has a Club All ireland with Crokes from 1992... 2nd enlighten me?

Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 13/12/2013 08:29:01    1523279

Horsebox77
County: Kerry
Posts: 1458

1523279 kavvie
County: Clare
Posts: 133

1523274 just a mention of one man above i remembered a good quiz question i herd a few yr ago..only two kerry men have all stars and no all ireland medal..name them!!

Didn;t think there was 2? Everyone Knows about Connie Murphy, he has no inter County medal but has a Club All ireland with Crokes from 1992... 2nd enlighten me?


Thats was the hard one!! Karl O'Dwyer.

sedico (Kildare) - Posts: 1682 - 13/12/2013 09:25:08    1523284

Oh that's a dirty one, but its a Xmas Cracker too :-) I knew Connie Murphy and was wrecking my head as to who the second one was :-) A real sickener to sedico!!!

Salmanneile (Longford) - Posts: 113 - 13/12/2013 09:39:57    1523287

Sedico

Meant, real sickener, one up to sedico :-) Sorry

Salmanneile (Longford) - Posts: 113 - 13/12/2013 10:11:10    1523301

Salmanneile
County: Longford
Posts: 83

1523301 Sedico

Meant, real sickener, one up to sedico :-) Sorry


Thats my Christmas ruined again. However not as bad the gift I got from the missus one year - a DVD of the 98 All Ireland Football Final. What was she thinking. She must really hate me.

I suppose thats what I get for getting her a dyson the year before.

sedico (Kildare) - Posts: 1682 - 13/12/2013 10:25:44    1523307