GAA Football 2017

Gaz wrote: Fruice wrote: Gaz wrote: Andy Moran had a great Championship but personally would have given it to James McCarthy. Clucko defo deserved one as well alright. Immense this year There isn't a hope in hell McCarthy deserves the player of the year what did he do to deserve it. Lucky to get an all star Presume this is a wind up but I'll bite anyway. MOTM in the All Ireland final playing for the winning team for a start. Moved effortlessly from half back to centre midfield and was key to so many Dublin attacks all season breaking through the middle of the park. Had a fantastic campaign.

It's not I taught it on the day as well he had a quite first half and got 2 points in the second half when there was more space.
Barrett from mayo was the best player that day.
Playing midfield and half back or half forward isn't that different in modern football it's not like he moved from Corner forward to midfield.
In fact the move from half back to midfield is the reason he was found further up the field more often than not.
And if your playing for a side as dominant as Dublin it's much easier to be involved in a lot of there good forward play.
Moran had 5 times the year McCarthy had.

Andy Moran was immense this year. He is the only real forward threat on that Mayo team and the reason they came through so many close games.

Baldrick wrote: So a Dublin player won't win player of the year because the team is too good and it too easy for their players as they are playing within a good team. It can only be some Lad who has to be exceptional go drag an average team to be better ? By the way where did you hold your course on mc carthy's performance on all Ireland Sunday. It must have been tough to get classroom space. Would there be much of a demand for such courses.

Im not saying that I was referring to the fact that gaz was saying he had a good year and he said he transitioned from half back to midfield with ease.
McCarthy isn't even the best midfielder in Dublin Fenton is better
As is Cavanagh,Parsons,and Moran
Breanan from Clare is also better.'
So how he was on for footballer of the year is beyond me
Prior to the All Ireland final it was between cluxton and Moran
with the bookies and McCarthy was no where in the running.
I don't fell one decent half of football makes you a footballer of the year.
O Callaghan was Dublins too performer.

If your trying to say Mayo are average I won't go no further with you

reddladd wrote: In fairness I thought Cluxton struggled in the final. Kicked a couple of balls over the sideline. Clarke made some great saves and was the difference for Mayo in the semi final. For all the plaudits Cluxton gets I haven't seen him make any saves as good as some of the saves Clarke made this year. First and foremost a goalkeeper should be remembered for his saves not the accuracy of his kickouts!

Vins knocked out by Rathnew

Kevin McGourty in the papers again yesterday for all the wrong reasons

Craziest comeback I've seen in the Gaa.

It was mental, fair play to them for keeping going because they were completely battered for the whole second half. Loman's were so much stronger for the 30 mins, self destructed then. Really should've closed the game out - slowed it down, fake an injury etc. Lost the momentum completely but once Moorefield got a sniff they drove it home. Sweeney was immense, some going for a 37 year old.

eireland wrote: Yeah surely the best hurling championship ever already and still 2 games left. Hopefully clare win the replay down in thurles and set up a truly unique final. Similar to last year when galway beat waterford. 71,000 at the match. The second highest semi final attendance ever after cork v waterfords 72,000 last year. Hurling definitely going through a boom mainly thanks to kilkenny declining and other teams improving.  Meanwhile the football is crap and that's all down to Dublin dominating. The gaa made that mess themselves by investing way too much in the dubs. Lessons to be learned so hopefully they don't over fund Dublin in hurling over the next 20 or so years.

Edited by Denis Irwin - 30 Jul 2018 at 12:04am