Canavan not as great as Tyrone lads think good but not great, Joyce better, perhaps the best was Connor.
but sure ill give my vote to Graham geraghty, as he was so versatile and has to be on team.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 20/06/2013 18:44:58    1411849

matt connor.

Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1800 - 20/06/2013 18:46:43    1411850

Padraig Joyce, the one and only.

festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3154 - 20/06/2013 19:58:35    1411886

14 Eoin Liston
15 Peter Canavan

tyroneed (Tyrone) - Posts: 753 - 20/06/2013 20:01:48    1411888

Peter Canavan for me without question.

croker16 (Louth) - Posts: 349 - 20/06/2013 20:14:44    1411895

Padraig Joyce - pure class.

Ailteoir (Galway) - Posts: 929 - 20/06/2013 20:37:13    1411908

Matt Connor.


I worked in Dublin in the eighties and had the pleasure of seeing him play on numerous occasions. He was the greatest player I ever saw.

tireoghainabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 477 - 20/06/2013 21:25:50    1411932

It has to be Padraic Joyce. Pure class and had longevity.

kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1996 - 20/06/2013 21:57:17    1411959

14.Peter God Canavan

sam09 (Tyrone) - Posts: 339 - 21/06/2013 08:01:22    1411966

No 15 Maurice Fitz

RoylerKing (Meath) - Posts: 809 - 21/06/2013 08:19:10    1411970

I'm just thinking there what a shame it would be if either Joyce or Canavan missed out on this team. Joyce surely at 14 with Peter at 15. Does anyone agree??

croker16 (Louth) - Posts: 349 - 21/06/2013 08:55:15    1411976

Croker16 matt connor was a better player then both.if he doesnt make the team and c mcdonald did the I dont know anymore!!

bobjaffacake (Meath) - Posts: 1400 - 21/06/2013 09:05:56    1411982

If peter doesn't get 14 I will be voting him at 15, this things a joke if canavan doesn't get in

redhanddefender (Tyrone) - Posts: 913 - 21/06/2013 09:17:44    1411993

Has to be Canavan. End of!

redhandroar (Tyrone) - Posts: 59 - 21/06/2013 09:20:28    1411995

croker16

Actually No, I disagree: I voted Peter at 14 he was a class forward, and I'm voting Maurice Fitzgerald at 15. Joyce as good as he was wouldn't come close to Maurice Fitz in his prime. He ability off both feet was a joy to behold, I will never forget both his equalising point in Thurles in 2001, I was in the terrace behind that goal that Sunday the bend on that ball was unreal, I was on the Hill for his goal against Armagh in 2000 semi final, solo with the right and buried with the left, cracking balance and composure.

15: Maurice Fitz

Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 21/06/2013 09:22:40    1411998

I will vote Peter Canavan for 14. I did not vote for a few days. Looking back over the votes, I would have guessed that Brian McGuigan would have come close to winning the no 11 spot given the preponderance for current/recent players. To my astonishment, he did not even get a single nomination. This should be done again and next time, nobody should be allowed to vote for players from their own county (I am guilty of that on two positions). That way we might come close to the greatest football team of all time rather than the best Meath XV of the last 30 years.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 21/06/2013 09:35:39    1412000

if canavan doesn't get 14 im boycotting this webpage. Burst onto the scene in the early 90's and up until 2005 was still a central figure in the tyrone team.

Almost single handily won Tyrone an all Ireland in '95. Was a pleasure to watch him. Would make any team of any era

sam09 (Tyrone) - Posts: 339 - 21/06/2013 09:38:44    1412002

At 15 it simply has to be Maurice Fitzgerald.

He could do things on a football field that no one else would even dream of, and I mean even the likes of Peter, Joyce etc. He was one of those players you'd happily travel the length of the country to watch play the game.

His point from a sideline in Thurles in 2001, his mesmerising goal v Armagh in 2000, his pass into MFR for a goal in the replay that year, his commanding performance in single handedly winning the 1997 All-Ireland final v Mayo, including a free off the ground with his supposedly weaker left foot from the wire of the Hogan Stand and an epic sideline kick at the death to ensure victory.

He was a genius on the football field.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13846 - 21/06/2013 09:59:38    1412015

No.15
Maurice Fitzgerald.

Absolute joy to watch this man play football. One of the finest ever produced.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6348 - 21/06/2013 10:15:52    1412027

If Matt Connor didn't get the number 14 jersey then he will be my vote for 15! I've seen all the greats play over the last 35 years and Connors is the best of them all. It would be a travesty if the likes of Giles , Dooher who are inferior players to him made the team and Connors didn't.

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 21/06/2013 10:33:19    1412048