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No Diarmuid Connolly, whats going on?

the great GAA PR machine must have told the editorial team to throw in a couple of curve balls to get people talking.

Any team of the year without D Connolly is pretty much a farce

Brian O'Driscoll

of all the people you could choose, you pick out one of the toughest, hardest, bravest hooers in the land?

have to agree with you on those three characteristics - are you of the opinion that posh people can't have these qualities?

they could surely, but he puts his head where we wouldnt put our feet for the cause. Be he whatever he wants. (Dont think he's posh though, just from decent stock)

Brian O'Driscoll

of all the people you could choose, you pick out one of the toughest, hardest, bravest hooers in the land?

The quadruple is still alive :-)

Mogwai live are something else .

Arab Strap- girls of summer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dcxBnjB45s

Very underrated band that influenced Mogwai and Belle and Sebastian

And were influenced by Mogwai and B&S

You need to stay on this one Larry.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

+1. Larry, yer like a wee dog let out in a big field. Go gettum

[O'Donoghue was poor yesterday]

Have to say the SG team picked isn't too bad.

Honestly can't see Durcan getting the gk spot after the AIF and neither will Cluxton after the AISF. A safe solid keeper will and should get it . No one sticks out though.

POTY imo should be Neil McGee but O'Donoghue would be a worthy winner as well and he will get it.

McGee has been outstanding all year, his record against his direct opponents (all of whom were among the best players in the country) was outstanding. Conceded very little scores from play and popped up with a few points himself. O'Donoghue was poor yesterday but probably done just enough in previous games to edge the award.

JOD was far from poor on Sunday. Watch the game again. Was played a good distance out, dont think anyone had anymore possessions and he played killer passes for a few key scores. Has had a brilliant campaign but Connolly for me has been by some distance the player of the year

It was hard enough to watch it once, but watch it again? No thanks! O'Donoghue's job is to score and he was outscored by his direct opponent Neil McGee. Connolly is the best player in the country but I think O'Donoghue done enough in games up until the final (albeit against some defensively naieve opponents) to win the POTY award.

Fair enough!

"Joe who?" - The Ulster Herald / Strabane Chronicle / The Dungannon Daily / Omagh Observer / Cookstown Chronicle / The Galbally Gazette / The Trillick Tribune

the jersey is heavy, but what if it was heavy and grey?! christ

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/independentie-football-team-of-the-year-30605725.html

No Cillian O'Connor!? That's insane.

not as insane as having Ryan McHugh in instead of Paul Flynn

[O'Donoghue was poor yesterday]

Have to say the SG team picked isn't too bad.

Honestly can't see Durcan getting the gk spot after the AIF and neither will Cluxton after the AISF. A safe solid keeper will and should get it . No one sticks out though.

POTY imo should be Neil McGee but O'Donoghue would be a worthy winner as well and he will get it.

McGee has been outstanding all year, his record against his direct opponents (all of whom were among the best players in the country) was outstanding. Conceded very little scores from play and popped up with a few points himself. O'Donoghue was poor yesterday but probably done just enough in previous games to edge the award.

JOD was far from poor on Sunday. Watch the game again. Was played a good distance out, dont think anyone had anymore possessions and he played killer passes for a few key scores. Has had a brilliant campaign but Connolly for me has been by some distance the player of the year

McGuinness mentioned in his interview that the players felt a little flat and short of energy. When breaking there was 2 / 3 players breaking instead of the usual plethora. Too much training in the run in?
Do the Donegal men think he will stay on? Dare you think who could try to fill his boots?

Not in the least bit surprised you'd start a thread like this. There's a serious want in ye

there is a risk that this years All-Ireland will be re-named the Joe Brolly Cup, in the same way that 2003 was the pat Spillane cup.

So the final yesterday wasn't a "great advert for the game" but where the f**k is the instruction manual which says that "EVERY FINAL MUST BE PLAYED TO A SUPERLATIVE LEVEL OF STYLE AND PANACHE"

I say f**k joe Brolly and his opinion about puke football in the same way i said f**k Pat Spillane and his opinion of Tyrone in 2003.

The All-Ireland is for winning - its not a beauty contest. We were spoiled by the highest standards of the semi finals which preceded yesterday, and it it is completely wrong to be-grudge Kerry as winners or castigate Donegal for losing.

It is what it is.

Zeitgeist. Its the spirit of now...its how football is played today.

Brolly was w**king on last night about "clubs up and down the country will be mimicking this style of football.."
Really?

Crossmaglen will change? as will Ballinderry...and of course Dr Crokes and Castlebar and St Vincents

Will they f**k....in the same way as the semifinals didnt make everyone want to play like Mayo, Dublin etc...

That is the beauty of our code - that there is a dogged determination to win, where the medal and cup means more than any money.

Fair play to Kerry...enjoy it...you deserve it. Commiserations Donegal...roll on 2015.
Tyrone Abu

Club teams don't have to mimic it- they are long doing it.

Kerry crowed long enough about puke football. Brolly is quite right in saying that the irony this morning really is quite something

Kerry popped their cherry and entered the dark side yesterday

There is no going back for them

you Dubs needy put away the crystal balls. Kerry lifted Sam in a championship year that included the unbeatable Dubs. You got it all wrong against Donegal were as Kerry got it spot on. Kerry, best team in the country this year. Plenty of emerging talent with the experience of winning and the Gooch to come back. Could be there or there abouts next year. Have the weaponry and skill set to beat any system by the looks of it. Id say Gavin will have learnt more watching that game than any game Dublin were involved in this year

Kerry wouldnt have won that final without Donaghy or in fact would not have beat Mayo without said man, himself, and O Mahony will retire this year.

Havent heard ought concrete that both or either will retire.
Would you take the Gooch and Tommy Walsh for the two mentioned?