TJ Reid pretty has hurler of the year in the bag but who will get the other two nominations? Seamus Callinan probably should, and Joe Canning maybe?

MiAmigaVERONICA (Clare) - Posts: 298 - 03/10/2015 09:04:51    1795354

Canning won't even get an all star

pj_mcmanus (Limerick) - Posts: 431 - 04/10/2015 19:30:00    1795702

Reid will get it because people are in thrall with kk, and they have to be the best at everything, but he isn't half the hurler callanan is. 1 score from play in the final (albeit a goal) and 1-2 against Waterford. If he was from another county he wouldn't get it, callanan would, like brogan won it back in 2010 (?)

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 04/10/2015 19:56:02    1795715

Saemie Callinan would be my vote. Had Bubbles O'Dwyer hit that free over the bar in last years drawn game Callinan would have won the award it was that close between himself and Richie Hogan. Since then his performances haven't dropped and if some of his team mates been as consistent as him with their performances it would have been an easy decision for Callinan as at the very least he would have been in another AI final. TJ Reid is a very good hurler but if I was given a choice of him or Seamie in my forward line when the chips are down I'd take the Tipp man every day of the week.

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 04/10/2015 20:49:02    1795743

canning had a poor year by his high standards, Callinan gets my vote - I think he is a way better player and had a way better championship than Reid.

McFan88 (Limerick) - Posts: 447 - 05/10/2015 15:19:47    1796038

Reid will win it lads his been more consistent all year and probably unlucky not to win it last year. Seamie scored something like 5-20 where as Reid has around 4-32 albeit playing a game more. Seamie had a quite Munster Final where as Reid was more prominent against the same opposition. Same against Galway both went to town on their defence but Reid had to do it twice. Callinan will b happy with an all star but I'd b surprised if he win HOTY.

WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 05/10/2015 19:43:53    1796149

I presume mentioning Joe as a possible HOTY is a joke!

Reid will deservedly get it and the one big factor that sets him apart from Callanan is huge work rate all over the pitch for seventy minutes in every game. Callanan might pick off more scores but Reid works much harder for the good of the team. You'll rarely, if ever, see Callanan in the other end of the pitch digging it out.

As somebody mentioned, Reid performed way better than Callanan against Waterford. That was the kind of game where digging it out mattered big time and Reid wasn't found wanting as he is well used to the hard graft.

westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 05/10/2015 20:18:37    1796161

Seamus Callinan should get hurler of the year. No debate really.

geoff (Tyrone) - Posts: 377 - 06/10/2015 08:29:03    1796211

Fortunately there will be plenty of debate! It just shows how little some posters know about how HOTY is decided. Whichever player gets it will deserve it and won't be awarded it just because of what county he's from. HOTY is decided by the players, not by a panel of journalists. So, questioning the final outcome is questioning the players!

westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 06/10/2015 10:12:03    1796240

Callinan for me. Reid up there too while Canning less so.
Apart from that goal against Kilkenny had a pretty average year.

Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 06/10/2015 10:41:04    1796261

TJ Reid would be my choice.

While Callinan was excellent, his major contributions were against Limerick and Galway. Unfortunately for Seamus, not playing v Kilkenny might work against him as Reid was a machine all year.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 06/10/2015 10:42:04    1796262

Joe Canning isn't even nominated so forget about him. As I said, the players do the voting and I can't think of any better endorsement of HOTY.

westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 06/10/2015 10:48:56    1796268

Way better is stretching it, westisbest, he got one lucky goal due to a mess up in Waterfords defence, and two points from play, anyway the litmus test has to be against Galway, obviously, them being AI runners up, and generally considered second best team this year. The fact that people go out if their way to find a rival that Reid (arguably) played better against (Munster runners up-wtf!) goes towards proving my point that folks are in thrall to kk. I've no tipp connections at all, but Callanan has been the best hurler in Ireland by some distance for the last two years.
Btw westisbest, good point about Reid's workrate, which is exceptional. He's still not the hurler callanan is but :-)

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 06/10/2015 14:29:09    1796408

It doesn't matter if the media etc are enthralled or not by Kilkenny, it is the players who chose HOTY, and they ought to know a thing or two about what it takes to be deserving of the award. I for one will accept their decision, indeed a lit quicker than I would if it were down to journalists - or posters! Whoever gets it will be very deserving of it and deemed to be so by their peers.

Rather than argue about who the better hurler is now, I'll come back when the ink decision is made!

westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 06/10/2015 19:04:36    1796537

TJ Reid hurler of the year is a no brainer despite some of the Flack he's getting here.

dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 06/10/2015 19:20:18    1796542

Flack god bless your ignorance, is work rate not what makes a good hurler.

johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 06/10/2015 21:03:21    1796587

Players are well influenced by the media

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 06/10/2015 21:06:16    1796588

What do you mean about the media influence funny coming from Dublin

johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 06/10/2015 21:47:05    1796608

Well, for some, it would appear the only acceptable way, for them, to select HOTY is for posters to decide!

westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 07/10/2015 09:25:39    1796630

If work rate was all thats needed to make a good hurler I'd.have a bag of county medals. And our earnest-but-clumsy junior c fullback would have a mantlepiece groaning under the weight of allstars and hoty gongs

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 07/10/2015 11:32:11    1796694