Congratulations to the young man, richly deserved and hard luck to CK and JMcC

Brian Fenton's rise to greatness has been extraordinary

Showed up in 2015 as a young fella with a composure and assuredness way beyond his years.

Never lost a Championship game since

Played a pivotal part in 15,16,17,18

Won 4 in a row across his first 4 years

"Best midfielder in the country"

Now POTY to cap off his meteoric rise to greatness...

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 02/11/2018 20:51:57    2149325

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 02/11/2018 21:08:36    2149327

Great player...saw him run the show in a league game in Castlebar a few years ago as a young lad. Midfield is such a commanding position and to be able to integrate in without a hitch is amazing.

He has never lost a championship game...I do hope he looses one soon tho ;)

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 02/11/2018 21:41:37    2149329

Congratulations to him, a great player and a great ambassador for the game and seems to get better with each passing year.

GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 02/11/2018 21:47:03    2149331

Steady on there Jimbo, he is a talented young player who has had a great year in a great team, nothing more nothing less.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 02/11/2018 21:48:36    2149332

Take it easy jimbo, you forgot to mention the highest scoring midfielder in a championship season :D
Congrats to him he's top drawer. And to young Clifford, nice boost to get so young, toss of a coin with him and Howard, but we're not greedy.

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8586 - 02/11/2018 23:17:28    2149345

Well done Brian.
A good player in a GREAT team.

tribesman125 (Galway) - Posts: 173 - 03/11/2018 04:10:38    2149355

On top of it all Fenton set a new record for the most a midfielder has ever scored from play in a championship campaign, 1-13.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 03/11/2018 09:42:44    2149367

I think this was the most obvious choice for player of the year in a long time, a truly great midfielder.

Barrowsider (Carlow) - Posts: 1592 - 03/11/2018 10:05:16    2149368

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 03/11/2018 11:05:58    2149382

Well deserved, an important cog in the Dublin machine.

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 03/11/2018 15:56:52    2149407

Congrats to a deserving winner of the award. It makes up for him not winning it 2 years ago. I thought he would walk it then.

But the best player I saw play this year was David Clifford bar none. He was amazing even considering Kerry had a poor year. Not sure this award means a hell of a lot to players, nor the all stars either.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 03/11/2018 16:03:44    2149408

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 04/11/2018 08:43:33    2149475

Well deserved, I think he is the best player I've ever seen wearing a Dublin geansai and an intelligent humble lad too.

CaogaCuig (Dublin) - Posts: 63 - 06/11/2018 23:58:55    2149988