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Replying To Weary: "You say Kerry are as near Dublin as Mayo. No they are not. Stop listening to RTE. Only for a mini meltdown before the in the semi Kerry wouldn't be within an asses roar of Dublin but RTE told us that Kerry "died with their boots on". Everything else you say after that is irrelevant. Just call it as you see it. Sunday Game team of the year is a pointless exercise. You could argue all day about who should be on the team but that would be pointless." You analyse the so called "meltdown ' you will see that is if you understand tactics how Kerry pushed full back 2 half backs Brought Donahy out behind the 5 across the 40 meter line so that Clucky had no space to aim at It depended on a Kerry free in it rendered 2 gals and a point in 7 mins unfortunately for Kerry Darren O Sullivan was cermoniuusly wrapped around apostle as he finished the first goal no doubt Kerryman Donie Buckley Had Mayo briefed on same tactic Yes Dublin are worthy champions more luck to them and enjoy it roll on 2017 for more of same intrigue Can Mayo come back again? Will Kerrypromote some of their 3 year minor and two year Junior dominance to senior ranks Will Tyrone unearth something new Will we see consistency in refereeing? Black card a disaster get rid of it introduce sin bin for deliberate foul as in Rugby we have adopted so much even in terminology from that discipline let's go one more step 37sowhat (Sligo) - Posts: 752 - 02/10/2016 12:40:43 1921449 Link
Talk about short term memories. I thought Durcan & McLoughlin were excellent yesterday but over the season don't deserve spot. Maybe throw McHugh into half forwards to get him in team. Keegan & Boyle deserve spots in half back line. Boyle was star of Mayo when rest of team were playing poor. Ciaran Kilkenny? Really don't think he deserves a spot. As for goalie, Cluxton? Give over. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 203 - 02/10/2016 14:10:54 1921482 Link
Can't understand why this is a team of the year. A joke. Cluxton was never tested all year. Peter Harte, Colm Cavanagh and cathal mc Carron were outstanding as was Ryan mc Hugh and others from the Donegal team. Obviously provincial finals aren't worth the bother border Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 894 - 02/10/2016 21:17:34 1921647 Link
Replying To border Gael: "Can't understand why this is a team of the year. A joke. Cluxton was never tested all year. Peter Harte, Colm Cavanagh and cathal mc Carron were outstanding as was Ryan mc Hugh and others from the Donegal team. Obviously provincial finals aren't worth the bother" Yep agree, they are pointless and they only take into account the All Ireland final and semi finals and somehow forget about the rest of the championship. McHugh and especially Harte should be on that team. It is like the All -stars, only the semi finals and final count...when I saw Kieran Donaghty getting one in 2014 for 2 1/2 games I knew it was a joke of an award.... The GPA awards are the only ones that take the whole year into account as it is players themselves who vote... county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 02/10/2016 21:53:00 1921659 Link
Ciaran Kilkenny doesn't deserve a spot? Are you having a laugh? The kid is outstanding and my poty. 7 players from a team that went unbeaten all year for me was a joke , no James McCarthy or Cian O Sullivan. Cluxton bar one kick out to Geaney has been outstanding all year. We bet Kerry in the league final by 11 points then we had to beat Donegal Kerry and Mayo to win Sam you couldn't have got 3 harder games apart from maybe Tyrone. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 02/10/2016 22:40:09 1921674 Link
Replying To Byanthon: "Ryan McHugh and Peter Harte would certainly be in my team of the year. Two of the best players in the only competitive provincial championship." Only competitive province? ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 02/10/2016 22:50:17 1921676 Link
Replying To David: "Crazy really. It seems as if team picked from last 4 matches. No Diarmuid O'Connor as probably young player of the year, no Ciaran Kilkenny, as probably player of the year. No Gary Brenann from Clare, no Peter Harte of Tyrone. 4 definite shoo in's in my opinion. I'd also pick Evan Comerford (Tipperary) or David Clarke (Mayo) ahead of Stephen Cluxton. Ciaran McDonald (Tipperary) or Cathal McCarron (Tyrone) were better performers than Philly McMahon. Tipperary's Bill Maher or Richie Kiely should have been named ahead of Lee Keegan, in my opinion." Keegan has been one of the players of the year. I don't think you can pick d o connor as he didn't do much in any of the senior games ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 02/10/2016 22:54:05 1921677 Link
Replying To border Gael: "Can't understand why this is a team of the year. A joke. Cluxton was never tested all year. Peter Harte, Colm Cavanagh and cathal mc Carron were outstanding as was Ryan mc Hugh and others from the Donegal team. Obviously provincial finals aren't worth the bother" Galway won Connacht not one of their players even got mentioned. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 02/10/2016 23:01:17 1921681 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "Ciaran Kilkenny doesn't deserve a spot? Are you having a laugh? The kid is outstanding and my poty. 7 players from a team that went unbeaten all year for me was a joke , no James McCarthy or Cian O Sullivan. Cluxton bar one kick out to Geaney has been outstanding all year. We bet Kerry in the league final by 11 points then we had to beat Donegal Kerry and Mayo to win Sam you couldn't have got 3 harder games apart from maybe Tyrone." What cluxton were you watching? gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 02/10/2016 23:31:42 1921690 Link
Teams of the year and the All Star system regularly reward players who only play well at the semi final/final stage. It's a nonsense to be honest. One good thing that will come of the new c'ship system is that All Star awards can be 100% justified. Adler (Monaghan) - Posts: 754 - 03/10/2016 01:50:55 1921710 Link
Three Mayo half-backs?????? I don't think so. dingle2 (Kerry) - Posts: 278 - 03/10/2016 02:31:17 1921715 Link
Performances in the final and later rounds of the championship will count for more than earlier rounds. This is because it's a bigger test, more pressure. BlastCalyle (Mayo) - Posts: 206 - 03/10/2016 08:55:52 1921728 Link
Hard to see the team RTE picked being taken seriously. Ryan McHugh had an amazing season. So to did Harte, both from an individual point of view. Both played exceptionally well for all the games they were involved in. Tyrone played 5 fixtures against division 2 and division one teams. Donegal played 6 fixtures playing 3 first division and 2 second division teams. Its not as if they played dead rubber games and were overlooked for nominations. Still, we have to see what the RTE team of the year really is: an exercise to make Carney and his fellow studio pals feel important for an evening. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 03/10/2016 10:24:33 1921754 Link
Replying To Donegalman: "Hard to see the team RTE picked being taken seriously. Ryan McHugh had an amazing season. So to did Harte, both from an individual point of view. Both played exceptionally well for all the games they were involved in. Tyrone played 5 fixtures against division 2 and division one teams. Donegal played 6 fixtures playing 3 first division and 2 second division teams. Its not as if they played dead rubber games and were overlooked for nominations. Still, we have to see what the RTE team of the year really is: an exercise to make Carney and his fellow studio pals feel important for an evening." When I read the team on here, I stuck on RTE Player and watched the selection to see what their rationale was for Cluxton and Durkin, and for omitting Harte. So I guess it did what it was designed to do - these things can't be taken seriously, you could see from the jibing that Brolly and Whelan were at that it's a bit of a laugh to them more than anything. I'm not sure what was worse - Colm O'Rourke giving Rock player of the year or saying it was a toss up between Rock and Cluxton! cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5016 - 03/10/2016 11:04:46 1921778 Link
From a Dublin view,. John Small had a great year. James Mc outstanding but probably misses out after missing some games through injury and his black card in the first game. Kevin Mc ,unfortunately needed to do more on Saturday to push himself into contention. However if other players got measured only up to a QF or SF appearance, then Kev was the best up to that point. Outside Dublin. Harte is a top defender. Parsons for Mayo but can't argue with the two RTE picked. poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 03/10/2016 12:00:22 1921816 Link
Michael Dara McCauly won the Club Championship, League, Leinster and All Ireland, not even mentioned. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 03/10/2016 12:09:50 1921822 Link
Replying To TheUsername: "Michael Dara McCauly won the Club Championship, League, Leinster and All Ireland, not even mentioned." well it is in relation to the championship you do realise most of this hype about the league has become more popular when we started winning it? alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 03/10/2016 15:39:54 1921963 Link
Replying To TheUsername: "Michael Dara McCauly won the Club Championship, League, Leinster and All Ireland, not even mentioned." Why would there be? He's had a poor year in the Dublin jersey on a personal level. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 03/10/2016 16:34:35 1922007 Link
Replying To BlastCalyle: "Performances in the final and later rounds of the championship will count for more than earlier rounds. This is because it's a bigger test, more pressure." Tougher opposition on average also Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4236 - 03/10/2016 18:47:22 1922067 Link
Replying To border Gael: "Can't understand why this is a team of the year. A joke. Cluxton was never tested all year. Peter Harte, Colm Cavanagh and cathal mc Carron were outstanding as was Ryan mc Hugh and others from the Donegal team. Obviously provincial finals aren't worth the bother" "Cluxton was never tested all year" but yet other posters tell you he had a nightmare against Kerry!! so which is it folks? Others saying a goalie dropped by his county should be in team of the year!! arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4897 - 03/10/2016 19:26:03 1922080 Link