That is a fact Galway. All you have to do is read their coverage during the year to see how much is LEFT OUT.

Rolex (Dublin) - Posts: 18 - 08/11/2009 22:20:25    478997

Has the Top 25 for each code been announced at this stage? If so, does anyone fancy listing them?

Independent website only has 125-26 on it, and would be interesting to see who the Top 25 were.

Thanks.....TC

Thomas Clarke (Tyrone) - Posts: 1002 - 09/11/2009 09:47:25    479130

25 Enda Colleran (Galway)

24 Paddy O'Brien (Meath)

23 Darragh O'Se (Kerry)

22 Sean Flanagan (Mayo)

21 Colm O'Rourke (Meath)

20 Colm Cooper (Kerry)

19 Eoin Liston (Kerry)

18 John O'Keeffe (Kerry)

17 Mickey Kearins (Sligo)

16 Tom Langan (Mayo)

15 Dan O'Keeffe (Kerry)

14 Kevin Heffernan (Dublin)

13 Mick O'Dwyer (Kerry)

12 Larry Tompkins (Kildare and Cork)

11 Brian Mullins (Dublin)

10 Seamus Moynihan (Kerry)

9 John Joe O'Reilly (Cavan)

8 Matt Connor (Offaly)

7 Mike Sheehy (Kerry)

6 Pat Spillane (Kerry)

5 Sean O'Neill (Down)

4 Mick O'Connell (Kerry)

3 Peter Canavan (Tyrone)

2 Sean Purcell (Galway)

1 Jack O'Se (Kerry)

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12291 - 09/11/2009 11:44:28    479250

Liston in the top 20 and ahead of Cooper. Liston may have won a bag of medals but can anyone honestly say that he was one of the top 20 players of all time. He wouldn't even make top 20 twenty Kerry players, or anywhere near it

thelongfella (Roscommon) - Posts: 66 - 09/11/2009 12:19:57    479288

Whats the full list of the Hurling 25-01, I Heard Joe Cooney is left off which is a joke if true.

therockjunior (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 09/11/2009 12:22:43    479291

A total joke really like who can speak for players from before the fifties ...and half the top 25 played in the last 30 years ......Larry Tompkins No 12 ???

chainsaw (Laois) - Posts: 712 - 09/11/2009 12:50:56    479312

Shefflin is the greatest hurler of all time. People saying Ring, etc were far greater is nonsense. Game has improved so much since then. Dont liek comparing generations but think that is the case.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 09/11/2009 16:25:15    479518

How much have people seen really of Christy Ring? If you were to youtube some of the present stars and condense their palying into 10 minutes you could make them out to be Ringesque.

A pointless exercise as its all about opinions. Ring was the best player of his time. Doyle was the best player of his time. Shefflin is the best player of his time. You can't compare the three. Many old stars would never survive today and many of the current stars would never have survived in the old days.
Just enjoy the great players we have today.

Puddersthecat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1692 - 09/11/2009 16:47:04    479539

Pinkie
County: Wexford
Posts: 821

479518 Shefflin is the greatest hurler of all time. People saying Ring, etc were far greater is nonsense. Game has improved so much since then. Dont liek comparing generations but think that is the case.

You have seen Ring play then ???

chainsaw (Laois) - Posts: 712 - 09/11/2009 17:00:50    479555

joe cooney is in at no. 12

However no place for ciaran carey in the entire 125 is a joke, he was far better than many on that list

john fenton - third best cork hurler of all-time, seems very dubious

I agree with Shefflin at no. 1, he is an unreal player

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 09/11/2009 17:38:33    479577

09/11/2009 16:47:04
Puddersthecat
County: Kilkenny
Posts: 308

479539
How much have people seen really of Christy Ring? If you were to youtube some of the present stars and condense their palying into 10 minutes you could make them out to be Ringesque.

A pointless exercise as its all about opinions. Ring was the best player of his time. Doyle was the best player of his time. Shefflin is the best player of his time. You can't compare the three. Many old stars would never survive today and many of the current stars would never have survived in the old days.
Just enjoy the great players we have today.
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Yah, spot on

BigSam (Kildare) - Posts: 266 - 09/11/2009 19:31:05    479664

I've seen Ring play and have also seen Shefflin. Two great hurlers, but I think Ring was better. By the way, I also think D J Carey was better than Shefflin.

ogormanmahon (Tipperary) - Posts: 66 - 09/11/2009 19:40:26    479676

Dont want to sound like a real winge here but 2 ulster men in the top 25??

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 09/11/2009 21:19:45    479784

Sorry - 3, but still

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 09/11/2009 21:20:46    479786

Most of these lists just like the All Stars are a joke. Ogormanmahon I agree totally with you re Ring, Carey and Sheflin.

lochgarmanabu (Wexford) - Posts: 1022 - 10/11/2009 00:21:00    479942

Christy Ring was the first "professional" player, in that the only thing in his life was hurling.

19 Railway cup medals, winning when in his forties, when the Railway Cup was the 2nd biggest trophy going, says it all.

I have been watching from 1962, and the best I saw was DJ.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 10/11/2009 00:44:56    479954

Cant really disagree with the top 3 in the football although they could have come in any order

dergboi (Tyrone) - Posts: 373 - 10/11/2009 02:13:40    479964

Could some one print the to 25 hurlers please! I would like to think Brian Whealean is in the top 3!

jacko123 (Offaly) - Posts: 36 - 10/11/2009 11:31:56    480092

I havent seen ring play but i'd say if you were to watch this year's AI final and then watch, say the 1990 final (just for instance). The game has improved and speed of the game is gone up so much in those intervening years that the 1990 final would look like a bad junior B match. Although i do agree with pudders that you cant compare different generations.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 10/11/2009 14:06:45    480277

Where is the list of top 25 posted? can someone list them on this site for viewing.

I agree its very difficult to compare different hurlers for different era's. would find it hard to imagine some of the old greats living with the pace of the modern game and likewise if alot of the modern hurlers were to play in the earlier games in 50's, 60's even 80's i don't think they'd be able to cope to well.

therockjunior (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 10/11/2009 14:27:29    480289