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Feck off brianmc :)
KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 12/10/2016 00:55:52
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He's a talented hurler no doubt, at club level though.
He's never played top class hurling and at 29 he just doesn't have the hours of hurling done to make an impact. Conal Keaney was a bit of a freak in that he was able to come back and make a contribution at senior level, but even he was a shadow of how good he was before he went with the football. The man could have one of the greats in hurling.
Same goes for Costello, Kilkenny, Lowdnes, Ó Conghaile, Brady et al. It's far too late for any of them to go playing hurling to a level that we need in Dublin. All of them could have been excellent inter-county hurlers but they'll never be now.
One of Dublin hurling's biggest problems is that our lads do not specialise early enough in comparison to the top hurling counties. Our lads do not have the comparative hours done like the Tipp, Kilkenny, Galway etc lads.
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 12/10/2016 08:10:15
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Replying To Brianmac78: "No it's meant to be a thread discussing if he should switch codes but it's been hijacked" its still a very niche topic for the main forum. better yet, its a nothing topic, considering there has been no indication that he wants to make the switch. any wonder some are hijacking it and most are avoiding it.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2386 - 12/10/2016 09:05:37
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Replying To Brianmac78: "He's done it all. All Ireland club Leinster club Dublin club. National leagues Leinster titles all irelands including back to backs and all stars. Nothing left to achieve.
So should he go hurling??" Sorry , got sidetracked there. On you question, no, I don't think he should. Let him play with Vincent's if he wants but he would be far better off concentrating on his football at this stage. The hurlers have regressed I think and will need totally committed and young blood to build for the future. Unfortunately , it looks like they are back in the chasing pack again.
Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 12/10/2016 09:41:18
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Once he gets the better of Lee Keegan, then you can say he's done it all
Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 12/10/2016 13:49:56
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Certainly looks like Pillar hung the right man out to dry all them years ago. Connolly could have vanished from the gaelic football scene if it weren't for Caffrey's intervention. Probably only a POTY award from joining the list of all time great players.
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5020 - 12/10/2016 14:21:15
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Did Connolly win sigurson minor an U21 titles ?
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 12/10/2016 15:20:45
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Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Did Connolly win sigurson minor an U21 titles ?" Diarmuid Connolly, Paul Flynn, MDMA, Tomás Brady, Paddy Andrews and Mick Savage (Cluxton's understudy) were all on the same minor panel. Paddy was young enough, I think he might have played 3 years, and Diarmuid was only a first year minor.
They won one game and were well beaten by Laois in the Leinster Semi-Final! Hard to credit now!
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 12/10/2016 16:28:18
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Replying To MesAmis: "Diarmuid Connolly, Paul Flynn, MDMA, Tomás Brady, Paddy Andrews and Mick Savage (Cluxton's understudy) were all on the same minor panel. Paddy was young enough, I think he might have played 3 years, and Diarmuid was only a first year minor.
They won one game and were well beaten by Laois in the Leinster Semi-Final! Hard to credit now!" What years would they have been mes?
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 12/10/2016 19:36:26
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What years would they have been mes?
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts:4288 - 12/10/2016 19:36:26 1925493
2004
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 12/10/2016 20:47:16
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Replying To MesAmis: "What years would they have been mes?
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts:4288 - 12/10/2016 19:36:26 1925493
2004" Pretty sure it was 2005. Have the match programme ;) And beaten by 7 points by Laois and should have been more. Only 1 Laois minor went on to play senior as far as i remember. David Conway and he's been peripheral. Says something about minor teams but still as a Laois man wtf happened there?!
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 13/10/2016 17:14:32
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Pretty sure it was 2005. Have the match programme ;) And beaten by 7 points by Laois and should have been more. Only 1 Laois minor went on to play senior as far as i remember. David Conway and he's been peripheral. Says something about minor teams but still as a Laois man wtf happened there?!
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts:195 - 13/10/2016 17:14:32 1925842
I'd say they probably lost to Laois in 2005 as well but it was 2004 that Flynn, MDMA, Connolly, Andrews, Brady and Savage played together.
Connolly, Brady and Andrews would've been underage again in 2005 though.
Laois were quite strong underage at the time though. The won the minor All-Ireland in 2003 beating Dublin after a replay having lost the Leinster Final to the Dubs. Ger Brennan was on that team I think.
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 13/10/2016 20:09:26
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We were knocked out of Leinster at minor by Laois in 04 and 05. Connolly played in both games.
2004
Laois 3-7
Dublin 1-9
Laois: E Culleton; C Healy, M Timmons, B Meredith; K Smith, C Begley, N Donagher; B Quigley, C Rogers; E Butler, I Fleming, S O'Leary; M Tierney 2-4, D Brennan 1-1, D Conway 0-2. Subs: B Dunne for Smith, S O'Neill for O'Leary.
Dublin: M Savage; I Kavanagh, D Reilly, J McCaffrey; S O'Rourke, R Fitzgerald, J O'Brien; P Flynn, M McCauley; D Connolly, T Diamond, M Hallows; B Kelly 0-5, T Brady 0-1, R Cleere. Subs: J Power 0-2 for Fitzgerald, K Moran for Connolly, D Pelly 1-1 for Cleere, C Daly for McCauley, G Flynn for Brady.
2005
Leinster MFC Semi Final
Laois 3-8
Dublin 1-7
Laois - D Maher, P Fleming, M Delaney, K Smith, R Ryan, B Meredith, S Shortall, S O'Neill, C Og Green, S Leary, J Fennell 0-1, S Conroy 0-1, S O'Shea 0-2, C Delaney 1-0, D Carroll 2-4. Subs - A Whelan for Meredith, J Delaney for C Delaney, D O'Flaherty for O'Shea, S Ramsbottom for Conroy
Dublin - E Summerville, K Manley, A Keaney, A Hubbard, C Byrnes, K Nolan, R Cleere, J McCaffrey, B Cullen, S O'Rourke, D Connolly 1-3, P Andrews 1-3, D Daly, T Brady, P McMahon. Subs - R O'Carroll for Cullen, C Morley 0-1 for O'Rourke, C Connolly for Manley, M Loftus for Byrnes, J Boland for McMahon
Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 13/10/2016 22:12:39
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Replying To Gael85: "We were knocked out of Leinster at minor by Laois in 04 and 05. Connolly played in both games.
2004
Laois 3-7
Dublin 1-9
Laois: E Culleton; C Healy, M Timmons, B Meredith; K Smith, C Begley, N Donagher; B Quigley, C Rogers; E Butler, I Fleming, S O'Leary; M Tierney 2-4, D Brennan 1-1, D Conway 0-2. Subs: B Dunne for Smith, S O'Neill for O'Leary.
Dublin: M Savage; I Kavanagh, D Reilly, J McCaffrey; S O'Rourke, R Fitzgerald, J O'Brien; P Flynn, M McCauley; D Connolly, T Diamond, M Hallows; B Kelly 0-5, T Brady 0-1, R Cleere. Subs: J Power 0-2 for Fitzgerald, K Moran for Connolly, D Pelly 1-1 for Cleere, C Daly for McCauley, G Flynn for Brady.
2005
Leinster MFC Semi Final
Laois 3-8
Dublin 1-7
Laois - D Maher, P Fleming, M Delaney, K Smith, R Ryan, B Meredith, S Shortall, S O'Neill, C Og Green, S Leary, J Fennell 0-1, S Conroy 0-1, S O'Shea 0-2, C Delaney 1-0, D Carroll 2-4. Subs - A Whelan for Meredith, J Delaney for C Delaney, D O'Flaherty for O'Shea, S Ramsbottom for Conroy
Dublin - E Summerville, K Manley, A Keaney, A Hubbard, C Byrnes, K Nolan, R Cleere, J McCaffrey, B Cullen, S O'Rourke, D Connolly 1-3, P Andrews 1-3, D Daly, T Brady, P McMahon. Subs - R O'Carroll for Cullen, C Morley 0-1 for O'Rourke, C Connolly for Manley, M Loftus for Byrnes, J Boland for McMahon" Thanks Gael85 had forgotten about 2004. And beat Dublin in 2007. Where did it all go wrong :(
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 13/10/2016 22:42:26
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Replying To Laois76: " Replying To Gael85: "We were knocked out of Leinster at minor by Laois in 04 and 05. Connolly played in both games.
2004
Laois 3-7
Dublin 1-9
Laois: E Culleton; C Healy, M Timmons, B Meredith; K Smith, C Begley, N Donagher; B Quigley, C Rogers; E Butler, I Fleming, S O'Leary; M Tierney 2-4, D Brennan 1-1, D Conway 0-2. Subs: B Dunne for Smith, S O'Neill for O'Leary.
Dublin: M Savage; I Kavanagh, D Reilly, J McCaffrey; S O'Rourke, R Fitzgerald, J O'Brien; P Flynn, M McCauley; D Connolly, T Diamond, M Hallows; B Kelly 0-5, T Brady 0-1, R Cleere. Subs: J Power 0-2 for Fitzgerald, K Moran for Connolly, D Pelly 1-1 for Cleere, C Daly for McCauley, G Flynn for Brady.
2005
Leinster MFC Semi Final
Laois 3-8
Dublin 1-7
Laois - D Maher, P Fleming, M Delaney, K Smith, R Ryan, B Meredith, S Shortall, S O'Neill, C Og Green, S Leary, J Fennell 0-1, S Conroy 0-1, S O'Shea 0-2, C Delaney 1-0, D Carroll 2-4. Subs - A Whelan for Meredith, J Delaney for C Delaney, D O'Flaherty for O'Shea, S Ramsbottom for Conroy
Dublin - E Summerville, K Manley, A Keaney, A Hubbard, C Byrnes, K Nolan, R Cleere, J McCaffrey, B Cullen, S O'Rourke, D Connolly 1-3, P Andrews 1-3, D Daly, T Brady, P McMahon. Subs - R O'Carroll for Cullen, C Morley 0-1 for O'Rourke, C Connolly for Manley, M Loftus for Byrnes, J Boland for McMahon" Thanks Gael85 had forgotten about 2004. And beat Dublin in 2007. Where did it all go wrong :("
Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 13/10/2016 22:54:10
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Replying To SaffronDon: "ANOTHER Connolly appreciation thread?
how much more can be said about one man? I'm sure the obsessive could switch this to the Dublin forum, no?" It maybe another appreciation thread but it's not often you get a player of the ilk of Connolly coming along. He's a player you would repeatedly never be sick of paying to watch. Unpredictable, but always the chance of him pulling off a piece of magical skill that 99% of players can only dream of.
kingpuck71 (Derry) - Posts: 690 - 13/10/2016 23:22:41
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Replying To Gael85: " Replying To Laois76: "[quote=Gael85: "We were knocked out of Leinster at minor by Laois in 04 and 05. Connolly played in both games.
2004
Laois 3-7
Dublin 1-9
Laois: E Culleton; C Healy, M Timmons, B Meredith; K Smith, C Begley, N Donagher; B Quigley, C Rogers; E Butler, I Fleming, S O'Leary; M Tierney 2-4, D Brennan 1-1, D Conway 0-2. Subs: B Dunne for Smith, S O'Neill for O'Leary.
Dublin: M Savage; I Kavanagh, D Reilly, J McCaffrey; S O'Rourke, R Fitzgerald, J O'Brien; P Flynn, M McCauley; D Connolly, T Diamond, M Hallows; B Kelly 0-5, T Brady 0-1, R Cleere. Subs: J Power 0-2 for Fitzgerald, K Moran for Connolly, D Pelly 1-1 for Cleere, C Daly for McCauley, G Flynn for Brady.
2005
Leinster MFC Semi Final
Laois 3-8
Dublin 1-7
Laois - D Maher, P Fleming, M Delaney, K Smith, R Ryan, B Meredith, S Shortall, S O'Neill, C Og Green, S Leary, J Fennell 0-1, S Conroy 0-1, S O'Shea 0-2, C Delaney 1-0, D Carroll 2-4. Subs - A Whelan for Meredith, J Delaney for C Delaney, D O'Flaherty for O'Shea, S Ramsbottom for Conroy
Dublin - E Summerville, K Manley, A Keaney, A Hubbard, C Byrnes, K Nolan, R Cleere, J McCaffrey, B Cullen, S O'Rourke, D Connolly 1-3, P Andrews 1-3, D Daly, T Brady, P McMahon. Subs - R O'Carroll for Cullen, C Morley 0-1 for O'Rourke, C Connolly for Manley, M Loftus for Byrnes, J Boland for McMahon" Thanks Gael85 had forgotten about 2004. And beat Dublin in 2007. Where did it all go wrong :("
The only 2003/04 minor to make the senior setup in 2005 was Colm Begley. In 2006 Peter O'Leary and Brendan Quigley came on the scene. So not blooded too young imo. Red haired Colm Kelly St. Josephs broke his ankle at 19 in 2004. He was on the senior panel then but never really recovered.
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 14/10/2016 00:28:33
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