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Obviously biased but Con O'Callaghan's goal against Tyrone was a thing of beauty Fearless, direct, skilful, with fantastic technique to leave a very good shot stopper in Morgan completely helpless Just top drawer stuff and football at its best.. you don't see many like that A peach of a goal and set the tempo for the rest of the match Any other one come to mind that yiz enjoyed from either code? jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 11/12/2017 19:03:58 2064881 Link
Cian Connolly's goal for Roscommon against Galway in the Connacht final was a bit special. The pass in from Diarmuid Murtagh was superb and Connolly finished with aplomb. gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 11/12/2017 19:37:06 2064888 Link
Or was it the other Murtagh brother that fed Connolly? Not too sure. gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 11/12/2017 19:43:38 2064889 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "Obviously biased but Con O'Callaghan's goal against Tyrone was a thing of beauty Fearless, direct, skilful, with fantastic technique to leave a very good shot stopper in Morgan completely helpless Just top drawer stuff and football at its best.. you don't see many like that A peach of a goal and set the tempo for the rest of the match Any other one come to mind that yiz enjoyed from either code?" a bit biased myself but I think Cian Connolly's goal for Roscommon v Galway in Connacht Final was the best goal. it involved movement, long distance foot pass and a cool finish. reffingmad (Roscommon) - Posts: 371 - 11/12/2017 19:50:50 2064891 Link
From a Dublin point of view, both Con O'Callaghan's goals v Tyrone and then in the final v Mayo. The finish past Clarke was perfect. Lee Keegan's goal in the final was an excellent move too. Conor Loftus got an absolute cracker against Derry as well. Jamie Clarke v Tipperary was a lovely finish. Goal of the year for me though was Ronan O'Neill's cheeky lob in the Ulster Final. In Hurling it's difficult to look past Austin Gleeson's goal v Cork. Big moment in a big game. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 11/12/2017 20:21:10 2064894 Link
Yeah Roscommon goal in the Connacht Final was fairly special as well. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 11/12/2017 20:24:11 2064895 Link
Con's goal in the final wasn't too shabby either, both goals mentioned were class, I think in the context of high stakes and pressure, getting a goal like that to immediately dampen the spirits of a much vaunted Tyrone in an All-Ireland semi-final would shade it. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 11/12/2017 20:27:27 2064896 Link
Con O'Callaghan's versus Mayo also was brilliant. The coolness of the finish was brilliant. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4226 - 11/12/2017 20:32:39 2064897 Link
link So many good ones above. Easily Con O'Callaghan's goal in the final for me. The biggest stage, the audacity to think about doing it and the impudence to do it. I was sickened but I had to applaud. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 12/12/2017 11:14:54 2064918 Link
Also biased but this also was a thing of beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaZKW17pXPU Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 12/12/2017 16:12:17 2065000 Link
Con O'Callaghan's goal against Tyrone was a serious goal , Was a serious finish and set the tempo for rest of game didnt give morgan a chance flew by him. The winner would by roscoomons first goal vs galway in connacht final - on a wet and windy day to deliver an outside of the foot ball in by d.murtagh was suplime to watch and see a nice cool and calm finish by c.connoly right into the bottem corner . kelly96j (Roscommon) - Posts: 7 - 12/12/2017 16:17:34 2065001 Link
Replying To gaelicgab: "Or was it the other Murtagh brother that fed Connolly? Not too sure." It was Diarmuid kelly96j (Roscommon) - Posts: 7 - 12/12/2017 16:18:30 2065002 Link
https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwinrpGi84TYAhXpKcAKHfJbBnQQFgguMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.balls.ie%2Fgaa%2Fwatch-michael-carroll-donegal-goal-374758&usg=AOvVaw1ME7OLaTOLEqx_Rj3L0l6Q http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjNpbSz84TYAhUKDMAKHQYHClkQFgguMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhoganstand.com%2FArticleForm.aspx%3FID%3D269945&usg=AOvVaw0qzvlp6O-bG0825LvjRy6E At club level, I don't think you would see better than the two goals scored above. At county, Con's goal was top drawer in the AI against Mayo. In hurling, Gleeson's goal against Cork was a massive moment and a serious display of individual skill. Blood_Sub (Donegal) - Posts: 14 - 12/12/2017 16:35:44 2065004 Link
Con against Tyrone. The sidestep was glorious kanu (Cavan) - Posts: 181 - 12/12/2017 20:26:40 2065029 Link
Replying To kanu: "Con against Tyrone. The sidestep was glorious" Gene Kelly couldn't have done a better side step! jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 13/12/2017 14:54:59 2065098 Link
Callaghan's goal in AI is mentionable only because he left Boyle, who is a physical specimen, for dead. Unreal power. But please stop going on about the finish... any decent club player would finish that low to the ground under the keeper. Dropping the ball from one hand to the other foot... fairly standard, easy skill. Composure-wise, excellent but technique-wise that finish is good, let's leave it at that. Have a problem with the over-eulogising of certain "skills" in the game, e.g., the outside the boot pass by Connolly that took out Barrett - standard skill, Barrett made it look inch-perfect, it wasn't. Such skills standard at decent club level. What is not standard is Callaghan's sidestep and finish v Tyrone. Either one of the sidestep or the finish are the mark of absolute quality and both in the same move... as good as goal as you'll get. wicklu (Wicklow) - Posts: 331 - 13/12/2017 15:38:09 2065104 Link
Callaghan's goal in AI is mentionable only because he left Boyle, who is a physical specimen, for dead. Unreal power. But please stop going on about the finish... any decent club player would finish that low to the ground under the keeper. Dropping the ball from one hand to the other foot... fairly standard, easy skill. Composure-wise, excellent but technique-wise that finish is good, let's leave it at that. Have a problem with the over-eulogising of certain "skills" in the game, e.g., the outside the boot pass by Connolly that took out Barrett - standard skill, Barrett made it look inch-perfect, it wasn't. Such skills standard at decent club level. What is not standard is Callaghan's sidestep and finish v Tyrone. Either one of the sidestep or the finish are the mark of absolute quality and both in the same move... as good as goal as you'll get. wicklu (Wicklow) - Posts: 331 - 13/12/2017 15:46:49 2065105 Link
Replying To wicklu: "Callaghan's goal in AI is mentionable only because he left Boyle, who is a physical specimen, for dead. Unreal power. But please stop going on about the finish... any decent club player would finish that low to the ground under the keeper. Dropping the ball from one hand to the other foot... fairly standard, easy skill. Composure-wise, excellent but technique-wise that finish is good, let's leave it at that. Have a problem with the over-eulogising of certain "skills" in the game, e.g., the outside the boot pass by Connolly that took out Barrett - standard skill, Barrett made it look inch-perfect, it wasn't. Such skills standard at decent club level. What is not standard is Callaghan's sidestep and finish v Tyrone. Either one of the sidestep or the finish are the mark of absolute quality and both in the same move... as good as goal as you'll get." The goal in the final wasn't the most spectacular but it is really good. He b urns boyle on the outside, holds the ball in the left hand to fend him off, realises he has to roll to his right of the keeper so changes hands and rolls it in. he could have finished it more spectacularly with a dummy solo for instance but he done the right thing showing such composure... which from a 21 yr old in an AI final makes it special. kanu (Cavan) - Posts: 181 - 13/12/2017 20:42:48 2065134 Link
I think David Clifford's first goal against Derry in the allireland minor final was brilliant and deserves to be goal of the year. It wasn't as good as his goal in the allireland final last year that won goal of the year but an excellent goal all the same. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 13/12/2017 22:29:08 2065141 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "I think David Clifford's first goal against Derry in the allireland minor final was brilliant and deserves to be goal of the year. It wasn't as good as his goal in the allireland final last year that won goal of the year but an excellent goal all the same." David who? That man playing against kids is it?? jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 14/12/2017 10:05:03 2065152 Link