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RogerMilla 
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 Topic: Best Irish Player of All Time
Posted: 30 May 2007 at 5:41am |
Johnny Giles was presented with this trophy at half time during ( i think it was) the Brazil friendly a few years back.
Now I never saw the man play but my uncle whose opinion i trust says it was merited. So vote for your top three Irish players that you have seen play. They need to be Ireland internationals ( deffo not norn iron!)
1 Liam Brady
2 Paul Mcgrath
3 Roy Keane
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The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own.
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Paul McGrath
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Posted: 30 May 2007 at 6:09am |
In my 27 years on the the earth I'd say the same but in different order as McGrath and Keane were more my era than Chippy who was coming to the end of his career
1 McGrath
2 Keane
3 Brady, Only got to see Brady live once, in his testimoninal game at Lansdowne,
think it was against Iceland in 91 or thereabouts, crap game I remember
As a young kid sheedy was the jersey I wore though!
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RogerMilla
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Posted: 30 May 2007 at 6:18am |
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that was my first ever game , finland , had seen brady many times on the telly though , top class
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The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own.
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Roy Keane
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Posted: 30 May 2007 at 6:47am |
Showing my age now.never seen brady play ....so heres my list
1) Keane
2) McGrath
3) Given
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Paul McGrath
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Posted: 30 May 2007 at 7:11am |
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yeah given would defo be my number 4 if allowed, absolute quality
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The GerK
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Posted: 30 May 2007 at 9:16am |
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McGrath
Keane
Brady
With Phil Babb and Bernie Slaven coming close!
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Robbie Keane
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Posted: 31 May 2007 at 5:54am |
I'm nearly 41 lads and my first sighting of Gilesy was on Brady's debut against USSR in a 3-0 win at Dalyer (1974), what a fckn debut from Chippy. For me though there's only one McGrath.
1. McGrath
2. Giles
3. Keane
Brady was magnificent but the top 3 shade it for consistency in my opinion.
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TheodoreBagwell
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Posted: 31 May 2007 at 9:08am |
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Giles defo has to be top 2. Easy to pick out the younger generation here, no offence freewheeler, 40 is still young, well young-ish
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Robbie Keane
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Posted: 31 May 2007 at 3:56pm |
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Theo, your point is well made (ta for the youngish endorsement), me Da was a huge fan of Noel Cantwell and Charlie Hurley and then there's Paddy Coad who was massively regarded by older fans, you could go on and on and it's always unfair I suppose to say so and so was the best, but in my 34 years going to Ireland games, McGrath is the best I ever saw. I can still hold me own in the sprints for the first 40 yards in training.
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Posted: 31 May 2007 at 4:24pm |
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Yeah my mates Dad played for Shamrock Rovers in the 50's and 60's and reckons Paddy Coad and also Giles were by far the best. Coad was meant to have been a great talent for club and country
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