Is Cillian O'Connor Mayo's greatest ever?

[From the Bunker]

[joemamas]

David Brady is the greatest bullshit artist to come out of Mayo.

+1

what a tool.

[Crete Boom]

David Brady is the greatest bullshit artist to come out of Mayo.

+1

what a tool.

I would have John Maughan , John O' Mahony , Enda Kenny , Michael Ring and the king of them all Pat Rabbitte way ahead of him .
I just wish it was easier to come up with a list of forwards better than Ciaran Mac or Kevin O'Neill

[sligoman]

I don't think he's even close. He's young yet so he has plenty of time to develop but I think his all round game is lacking, he's a very reliable free taker but he needs to bring a lot more to his game than that to be one of the top full forwards in the game. He'd definitely be behind the likes of Brogan, McManus, McBrearty, O'Donoghue and O'Neill for me right now and there might be a few more along with that. O'Shea and Higgins are more important on the Mayo team at the moment, for starters.

[Bud Wiser]

He will never be anywhere near as good as McDonald.

Ah them were the days all-right, when prayers were said, sheep were painted and Laois were on the rise !

[Keyser soze]

I don't think he's even close. He's young yet so he has plenty of time to develop but I think his all round game is lacking, he's a very reliable free taker but he needs to bring a lot more to his game than that to be one of the top full forwards in the game. He'd definitely be behind the likes of Brogan, McManus, McBrearty, O'Donoghue and O'Neill for me right now and there might be a few more along with that. O'Shea and Higgins are more important on the Mayo team at the moment, for starters.

When did they all transfer to Mayo?? Right that's it Im joining the MFS campaign right now, unbeatable with that forward line!!

Sorry Rossies.

[rosnarun]

cillian is well on his way to being right up ther  but my top 3 mayo players(in my time watching) would be and you can argue about the order
C  Mcdonald
d flanaghan
a o Sé

[sligoman]

I don't think he's even close. He's young yet so he has plenty of time to develop but I think his all round game is lacking, he's a very reliable free taker but he needs to bring a lot more to his game than that to be one of the top full forwards in the game. He'd definitely be behind the likes of Brogan, McManus, McBrearty, O'Donoghue and O'Neill for me right now and there might be a few more along with that. O'Shea and Higgins are more important on the Mayo team at the moment, for starters.

When did they all transfer to Mayo?? Right that's it Im joining the MFS campaign right now, unbeatable with that forward line!!

Sorry Rossies.

It's a general point on O'Connor. If Mayo's greatest ever player isn't even in the top 5/6 in his position at the current time in his career then what does that tell you? Keith Higgins would have few equals across the country at the moment and likewise Aidan O'Shea and that's just current players playing today.

This Mayo team is a fine, fine team and they have lots of good players but I feel too much gets made of O'Connor in terms of what he has done. I don't know the stats on hand but his scoring seems to be heavily reliant on frees. I haven't seen anything particularly special about him, he's an excellent freetaker but he needs to improve his all round game and I appreciate he is still young and has plenty of time to do that.

It's a mad statement from Brady. Dermot Earley had some odd stat about Mayo's win rate with O'Connor as opposed to without on the Sunday Game at the weekend. O'Connor has taken part in all of Mayo's Championship defeats since 2011 as far as I'm aware?

[galwayman]

Brady is insufferable. Tool of the highest order.

[Shrewdness]

In the opinion of the Mayo lads here, how does Cillian O' Connor compare at 23 years old, to Conor Mortimer when he was 23??...There was a lot more to Mortimer's game than just freetaking.

[Teo Lurley]

Honestly, O'Connor is a good player but a long way down the list of top forwards currently playing.

[ballinaman]

Summer holidays are in full swing....party time on the board!

[nrico2006]

O'Connor wouldn't be in the top 10 forwards currently playing.

[Teo Lurley]

Gooch, O'Donoghue, Kelly, Murphy, Clarke, McNamee, Brogan, Lynch, Connolly, McBrearty, Flynn, Kingston, McManus are all ahead of him for a start. He might scrape into the top 20 maybe.

[nrico2006]

Gooch, O'Donoghue, Kelly, Murphy, Clarke, McNamee, Brogan, Lynch, Connolly, McBrearty, Flynn, Kingston, McManus are all ahead of him for a start. He might scrape into the top 20 maybe.

Stick in Bradley, Donaghy, Cavanagh, O'Neill, McBrearty too.