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Armagh and Westmeath did not manage to get into the All Ireland Quarter finals this year but still managed to get an All Star. After the year that Diarmuid Murtagh had this year in both the National League and championship I think he was very unlucky not to get an All Star. Well done to all the winners. letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 962 - 29/10/2026 10:05:18 2698833 Link
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Armagh and Westmeath did not manage to get into the All Ireland Quarter finals this year but still managed to get an All Star. After the year that Diarmuid Murtagh had this year in both the National League and championship I think he was very unlucky not to get an All Star. Well done to all the winners." I definitely agree with your sentiment but Diarmuid had a few things running against him, the biggest is the weight attached to those who make the latter stages and add to that the amount of high quality forwards now on show with the new rules so the competition for those slots, especially the front line, is huge. No Armagh or Westmeath forward will make it into that top 6 of the pitch (as good as Conaty is) and we just didn't have anyone who did enough to get nominated for the back 6. There wasn't even room for Paudi Clifford. Disappointing to be the only provincial winner with no All Star and bet better opposition than Westmeath to win that provincial. We needed to win one of those All Ireland series games for Diarmuid to have a realistic chance unfortunately. FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 635 - 29/10/2026 11:11:03 2698841 Link
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Armagh and Westmeath did not manage to get into the All Ireland Quarter finals this year but still managed to get an All Star. After the year that Diarmuid Murtagh had this year in both the National League and championship I think he was very unlucky not to get an All Star. Well done to all the winners." Couple of players that got the All Star are probably fortunate (Burns, Wallace) but I don't think we can say Diarmuid deserves to get in ahead of Daragh Beirne, Kobe McDonald or Clifford in the full forward line. Diarmuid had a great year and if we make a quarter final after winning Connaught, he probably gets in. But in general, the full forward line will usually represent the 2 teams that make the All Ireland final. If we win one of those knockout games, he gets another game in a quarter final and then his scoring numbers are even higher. Deserved the nomination but just pipped by the Kerry and Mayo full forward line which was inevitable. Rossfan93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 108 - 29/10/2026 11:20:15 2698843 Link
Have Four Roads any chance against Tooreen in The Hyde on Saturday? keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4108 - 29/10/2026 12:30:35 2698863 Link
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Armagh and Westmeath did not manage to get into the All Ireland Quarter finals this year but still managed to get an All Star. After the year that Diarmuid Murtagh had this year in both the National League and championship I think he was very unlucky not to get an All Star. Well done to all the winners." Yes Armagh and Westmeath winning All Stars puts to bed once again that the view a team needs reach the All-Ireland Quarter-final at least to win one. Armagh like ourselves had two games and two defeats after winning their provincial championship. Beaten by Louth and hammered by Kerry. They had a worse Division 1 campaign than us including a loss to us. Westmeath after their Leinster success. Beat Cavan after extra-time and lost to Galway and Monaghan. League campaign didn't get out of Division 3. I agree Diarmuid very unlucky hasn't been 6 better forwards than him over the year ln eague and championship IMO. Kobe McDonald selected in the full forward line played further out he should be named instead of Scully,O Hanlon in the half forward line with Diarmuid at 15. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4529 - 29/10/2026 12:57:41 2698866 Link
I agree above Diarmuid Murtagh unlucky to miss out. Did those selecting the winners deem Leinster and Ulster better than Connacht this year even though Connacht had the All-Ireland winner which Roscommon beat? And that individual performance alone by Diarmuid Murtagh in MacHale Park was wordy of All Star. Ulster getting three a big surprise. Not sure if Scully did enough over the year to deserve one. Kerry just three and IMO McHugh Mayo and Livingstone was better than Foley the the keeper selected. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 1002 - 29/10/2026 13:26:07 2698868 Link
Replying To Rossfan93: "Couple of players that got the All Star are probably fortunate (Burns, Wallace) but I don't think we can say Diarmuid deserves to get in ahead of Daragh Beirne, Kobe McDonald or Clifford in the full forward line. Diarmuid had a great year and if we make a quarter final after winning Connaught, he probably gets in. But in general, the full forward line will usually represent the 2 teams that make the All Ireland final. If we win one of those knockout games, he gets another game in a quarter final and then his scoring numbers are even higher. Deserved the nomination but just pipped by the Kerry and Mayo full forward line which was inevitable." " in general, the full forward line will usually represent the 2 teams that make the All Ireland final". Not the case in recent years. Last year Sam Mulroy won All Star in the full forward line. As did Oisin Gallen 2025 and Shane McGuigan in 2024 Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 4099 - 29/10/2026 14:18:08 2698873 Link