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Replying To Mailman98:  "Nonsense. Joe Canning was judged a failure until 2017. He needed to win an all-ireland to be considered a great and he did it."
You're the only one suggesting a player needs an AI medal to be considered a great player lad. Come out of the clouds will ya bucko. You're living in cloud cuckoo land.

catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 13/01/2020 18:44:16    2259484

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Replying To catch22:  "You're the only one suggesting a player needs an AI medal to be considered a great player lad. Come out of the clouds will ya bucko. You're living in cloud cuckoo land."
No; you can be a great player without winning an All-Ireland but you can't be one of the 15 best of the decade. Have you got my point now or do I need to explain it again for you?

Mailman98 (Galway) - Posts: 319 - 14/01/2020 09:00:24    2259617

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So you'd say that Graham Canty was better this decade than Lee Keegan, given that he won an all ireland?

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 14/01/2020 10:26:01    2259640

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Replying To cavanman47:  "So you'd say that Graham Canty was better this decade than Lee Keegan, given that he won an all ireland?"
Graham Canty 2001-2010 was as good as, if not better than Keegan 2011-2019.

SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 373 - 14/01/2020 10:51:31    2259653

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Replying To Mailman98:  "No; you can be a great player without winning an All-Ireland but you can't be one of the 15 best of the decade. Have you got my point now or do I need to explain it again for you?"
So you cannot be considered for the team of the decade unless you've an AI. Although you can be a great player.
You're even worse than I first thought so.
The lads in white coats will be around for you shortly.

catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 14/01/2020 11:01:51    2259656

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Replying To Mailman98:  "No; you can be a great player without winning an All-Ireland but you can't be one of the 15 best of the decade. Have you got my point now or do I need to explain it again for you?"
Your point is rubbish and simply doesn't hold up, so really there is no point

boman11 (Antrim) - Posts: 237 - 14/01/2020 11:10:42    2259658

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Replying To Mailman98:  "No; you can be a great player without winning an All-Ireland but you can't be one of the 15 best of the decade. Have you got my point now or do I need to explain it again for you?"
I thought this thread was set up by Dubh_linn and he clearly included non-AI winning players in his own chosen 15. Are you saying he was wrong and should have qualified his title?

Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 14/01/2020 13:17:14    2259697

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Replying To SurelyToGod:  "Graham Canty 2001-2010 was as good as, if not better than Keegan 2011-2019."
What has that got to do with Team of this decade??


I agree canty was a class player.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 14/01/2020 13:46:32    2259706

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Replying To cavanman47:  "What has that got to do with Team of this decade??


I agree canty was a class player."
Because if I said 2000-2009 personally I wouldn't say that he was better than Keegan. The 2010 All-Ireland winning year in 2010 is particularly important in my head in deciding that Canty is superior from 2001-2010.

Same argument as above, Frank McGlynn's performances when winning the All-Ireland in 2012 makes it difficult for me to choose Keegan over him in this decade.

In saying that, I have no hesitation of putting Ciaran MacDonald in my own team of the 2000s, so each to their own.

SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 373 - 14/01/2020 17:54:42    2259768

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Replying To catch22:  "So you cannot be considered for the team of the decade unless you've an AI. Although you can be a great player.
You're even worse than I first thought so.
The lads in white coats will be around for you shortly."
Umpires ?

dakid (Australia) - Posts: 284 - 14/01/2020 20:18:12    2259804

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Replying To dakid:  "Umpires ?"
Sure some of them boys should be locked up as well.
Hear no evil, see no evil , speak no evil. Great bunch of lads.

catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 15/01/2020 11:14:39    2259935

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Replying To SurelyToGod:  "Because if I said 2000-2009 personally I wouldn't say that he was better than Keegan. The 2010 All-Ireland winning year in 2010 is particularly important in my head in deciding that Canty is superior from 2001-2010.

Same argument as above, Frank McGlynn's performances when winning the All-Ireland in 2012 makes it difficult for me to choose Keegan over him in this decade.

In saying that, I have no hesitation of putting Ciaran MacDonald in my own team of the 2000s, so each to their own."
This was part of my point as well. Canty played only a couple of years of the 2010s but he was brilliant in one of those years and won the All-Ireland. Thanks SurelyToGod. I almost forgot Canty as another one more deserving than Keegan.

Mailman98 (Galway) - Posts: 319 - 15/01/2020 13:11:15    2259968

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Replying To Pericles:  "I thought this thread was set up by Dubh_linn and he clearly included non-AI winning players in his own chosen 15. Are you saying he was wrong and should have qualified his title?"
Are you saying we can't disagree with the first post in a thread? Well that will make for interesting reading now won't it!

Mailman98 (Galway) - Posts: 319 - 15/01/2020 13:13:12    2259970

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Replying To catch22:  "So you cannot be considered for the team of the decade unless you've an AI. Although you can be a great player.
You're even worse than I first thought so.
The lads in white coats will be around for you shortly."
There's levels of greatness. How hard can that be to understand?

Mailman98 (Galway) - Posts: 319 - 15/01/2020 13:41:17    2259980

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No Brian Howard at Centre Back makes this team invalid in my eyes, they could've done a lot better.

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 15/01/2020 13:42:03    2259981

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