Greengrass i see and respect your point but im stil not convinced ther is anywhere near the quality around now in abundance like there was in the 60s 70s 80s..Yes there were landslides and poor attendances for mismatches.. look at this weekends attendances? Look at the national league final attendance?... But championship was knock out those days and far more competitive at provincial level than the present day..Kerry v Cork for example in a Munster final meant far more to players and supporters in those days than now cos the loser was out...Nowadays the league is a washout with teams saving ther players for a run in the championship..Years ago it was used as a stepping stone for the first round...knockout..The skill level has dropped nowadays.. its hard to watch......

richiej (UK) - Posts: 1430 - 24/05/2010 21:57:00    657372

richiej
County: UK
Posts: 160

655461 Loyal2TheRoyal......................U EITHER DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT FORMER GREATS OR YOU HAVENT SEEM MUCH FOOTBALL

I know you're off over there in the UK but you dont have to shout on the internet - thats not the way it works.

Horse (Laois) - Posts: 1146 - 25/05/2010 11:36:48    657568

HORSE.... Whos shouting!! Loyal posted a thread i replied.. He basis his knowledge on statistics he reads on Hoganstand.......example.. Tony Scullion played his best football at corner back but Loyal2 theroyal names him as the best full back because the stats on here shows Scullion won All Ireland at full back... Same applies to Matt Connor....So basicly he goes on stats he reads...Ive seen the players i named.. And ive also seen them play in their best positions which ive named whether they won all ireland medals in those positions or not....And as regards me being in the UK whats that got to do with any post??

richiej (UK) - Posts: 1430 - 25/05/2010 12:07:59    657602

Im just going to pick one from 95+, as I cant compare the different standards etc when watching vidoes of the older players.

Anyway:

J O'Leary
S M Lockhart
D Fay
G Canty
T O Se
S Moynihan
S Og De Paor
D O'Se
S Canvanagh
T Giles
J Fallon
S McDonnell
P Canavan
P Joyce
M Fitzgearld

Mentions to D Browne, C McAnnalan, M Donnellan, C Cooper, K Donaghy, O McConville, C McDonald, E O Hara

jafallon (Galway) - Posts: 489 - 25/05/2010 12:08:29    657604

Saw my first live game in the late 1950s,God help us.So my stab at the greatest fifteen I have seen and all in their correct places is

Martin Furlong--Offaly
Enda Colleran--Galway
Jack Quinn--Meath
Robbie Kelleher-- Dublin
Seamus Moynihan--Kerry
Glen Ryan--Kildare
Ger Power-- Kerry
Brian Mullins-- Dublin
Jack O Shea--Kerry
Peter Canavan-- Tyrone
Sean Purcell--Galway
Pat Spillane--Kerry
Colm O Rourke--Meath
Sean O Neill--Down
John Egan--Kerry

Auldfella (Meath) - Posts: 472 - 25/05/2010 12:48:06    657677

richiej
County: UK
Posts: 163

657602 HORSE.... Whos shouting!!

Id be easin up on the caffeine lad.

Horse (Laois) - Posts: 1146 - 25/05/2010 12:50:23    657686

I couldn't comment on players I never saw from the past but heres my selection from those I saw.

Best Team 1991 - 2010

1. J O'Leary
2. M O'se
3. D. Fay
4. A. Lynch
5. T. O'Se
6. K McGeeney
7. M. O'Connell
8. A. Tohill
9. S. Cavanagh
10. P. Galvin
11. G. Blaney
12. T. Giles
13. C. Cooper
14. P. Joyce
15. M. Fitzgerald

Subs: D. O'Se, C. Redmond, D. Murphy, G. Canty, R. Clarke, P. Clarke just to name a few

Mourneman5stars (Down) - Posts: 102 - 25/05/2010 12:55:20    657696

Think my team would have yours loyal.

1. Michael McQuillan
2. Robbie O'Malley
3. Mick Lyons
4.Darren Fay
5. Kevin Foley
6. Joe Cassels
7. Martin O'Connell
8. John McDermott
9. Gerry McEntee
10. Tommy Dowd
11. Trevor Giles
12. Graham Geraghty
13. Colm O Rourke
14. Brian Stafford
15. Bernard Flynn

JammyDodger (Meath) - Posts: 306 - 25/05/2010 12:57:14    657700

No Canavan in sight!

redhanddefender (Tyrone) - Posts: 913 - 25/05/2010 13:53:03    657791

Dan O'Keeffe would surely be in goal for having record number of All Irelands for a keeper with 7

kerryhurling (Kerry) - Posts: 274 - 25/05/2010 14:06:13    657816

Richiej I saw an awful lot of footballers and matches in the seventies and eighties and I would disagree entirely with you when you state that there were a lot more good footballers then than now. It's much more difficult to win an All-Ireland today. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6177 - 25/05/2010 16:40:37    658091

Mourneman5stars,

No Graham Geraghty between 1991 and 2001?

Royal_Girl2k9 (Meath) - Posts: 2107 - 25/05/2010 16:52:12    658110

1. Finbarr Mc Connell
2. Niall Cahalane
3. Cormac Mc Anallen
4. C. Gormley
5. T. O'Shea
6. S. Moynihan
7. G. Canty
8. D. O'Shea
9. E. Mc Kenna
10. P. Spillane
11. P. Joyce
12. T. Giles
13. S. Mc Donnell
14. P. Canavan
15. C. Cooper

BucketTeam (Tyrone) - Posts: 92 - 25/05/2010 17:15:16    658162