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Can't argue with that. Its probably unfair but it's very difficult to win an All-Star without reaching at least a semi-final. Last time this did happen was in 2012.
Hurling1Guru1 (Galway) - Posts: 244 - 16/08/2017 16:02:31 2034302 Link 0 |
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I recall Canning catching one great ball in midfield in the Leinster final.He scored 11 points in the Leinster final too,I know all bar a lineball were frees but some of those frees were from inside his own half. Not bad for a lad with a knee injury that needed surgery. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 16/08/2017 17:17:01 2034346 Link 1 |
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He didn't have surgery and he doesn't need too. Regardless of that he was marked out of it anyway
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 17/08/2017 06:50:25 2034546 Link 0 |
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With all due respect most people kept him quiet this year. In the current format it will be hard to get one if you don't reach the latter stages of the championship which is wrong anyway.
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 17/08/2017 06:52:28 2034547 Link 0 |
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It's always a sad state of affairs that to get an all star from a weaker county that doesn't reach semi final championship stage you have to be twice as good as a player from a stronger county who does reach it. I always think back to John Taylor Laois missing out to Dermot McCurtain Cork in 1984. Taylor was excellent in the league for Laois (reached the quarter final) and in reaching the Centenary Cup final. He was man of the match when Laois lost to KK in the first round of the championship. No back door obviously. Little exposure at the business end cost him. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 17/08/2017 10:35:11 2034593 Link 2 |
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Tommy doyle of westmeath deserves a nomination surely...got player of the week one of tge weeks, kept seamus callinan off the ball a lot in thurlas, and roasted shane dooley only for a couple of v lucky goals, and was on the leinster team last year,, definitely a nomination preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 735 - 17/08/2017 15:38:40 2034741 Link 1 |
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So you have four from Cork and nobody from Tipp.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 17/08/2017 15:57:09 2034750 Link 0 |
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Sorry - You have five from Cork and three from the All Ireland Finalists.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 17/08/2017 15:59:14 2034751 Link 0 |
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You seem to have a bee in your bonnet about Canning. It's the common consensus that his role has changed . He is playing deeper, is foraging and is linking the play. That is work that is less noticeable than what he did in the past. He is working hard and doing well. Yes he had a very quiet Leinster Final but this fifteen minutes you actually give him credit was a second half of courage, leadership and magnificent hurling.
Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 17/08/2017 16:34:17 2034773 Link 0 |
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Joe injured himself in the final training session before the Leinster final. He played the final injured. Had it been a regular league game he would not have played but it was a Leinster final. A big game so he toughed it out. He missed the round of club games the following weekend and was limping quite noticeably on the sidelines of Portumna's match. I don't know if he did or didn't have minor surgery but he was 100% injured up until recently. My own sense is that he's still not 100% but hopefully the 4 weeks after the semi-final give him time to get closer to that. Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2214 - 17/08/2017 17:17:46 2034794 Link 0 |
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Speculation. Most players carry some knocks into games. If he was 100% injured he wouldn't be playing!
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 18/08/2017 08:45:15 2034984 Link 0 |
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Yep agreed on the 15 mins but my point is you cant get an All Star on 15 mins. Rewatch the last two games and you'll see he touched the ball from play a total of 3 times in the two matches. That's hardly link play
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 18/08/2017 08:47:08 2034986 Link 0 |
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He scored 3 great points from play when it counted against Tipp . He also scored 0-08 from placed balls including a sideline cut and a magnificent long range free late on . He has played in 7 league and 4 championship matches this season. He has scored 3-70. If he has an influence on the final he will be picked because that's the way the All Stars work.
Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 18/08/2017 10:24:07 2035018 Link 2 |
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I know Nash is the obvious choice for goalkeeper but could I make a case for Stephen O'Keeffe? 3 goals conceded in 5 games, 3 clean sheets and 2 absolutely superb saves v Cork in the Munster Championship. I know Waterford's set up does lend itself to the concession of fewer goals but I don't think the choice for keeper is as cut and dried as it seems. FootblockREF (Monaghan) - Posts: 563 - 18/08/2017 10:51:51 2035032 Link 0 |
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Believe me it's not speculation.
Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2214 - 18/08/2017 15:06:38 2035116 Link 0 |
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This is my team for what it's worth! tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 03/09/2017 20:14:13 2042301 Link 0 |
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Bookies odds on favourite for hurler of the year doesn't even make your team
ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 03/09/2017 20:55:41 2042322 Link 0 |
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six Waterford, I don't think so. Only five Galway ? Joke of a team...........up the tribes. lowandhard (Galway) - Posts: 33 - 03/09/2017 20:58:07 2042324 Link 1 |
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Who's the favourite? Can't think who I left out. All I know is Barron is nailed on for it
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 03/09/2017 22:31:42 2042358 Link 0 |
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One clue - He wears no 11
ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 03/09/2017 22:48:31 2042365 Link 0 |