Football All-Stars 2014

[seafoid]

Neither Carlow nor Longford ever won an Allstar.
This should be rectified this year .

[Blowitupref]

Paddy Power odds.


Goalkeeper

Paul Durcan 2/5
Brian Kelly 5/2
Rory Beggan 4/1
Stephen Cluxton 7/1

Full Back

Keith Higgins 1/12   
Neil McGee 1/9   
Eamon McGee 6/4
Paddy McGrath 2/1   
Andy Mallon 10/3   
Paul Murphy 4/1
Drew Wylie 9/2
Aidan O Mahony 5/1   
Marc O'Se 7/1
Philip McMahon 7/1
Shane Enright 9/1


Half Backs

Karl Lacey 1/3
Frank McGlynn 2/5   
Colm Boyle evens   
Dessie Mone 3/1
Killian Young 9/4
Peter Crowley 9/4   
Fionn Fitzgerald 9/4
Anthony Thompson 7/2   
Lee Keegan 4/1
James McCarthy 5/1
Aaron Kernan 13/2

Midfielders

David Moran 1/3
Neil Gallagher 4/9
Aidan O'Shea 5/2
Johnny Buckley 9/2
Anthony Maher 9/2
Michael D MacAuley 5/1
Thomas Flynn 16/1

Half Forwards

Ryan McHugh 1/8
Diarmuid Connolly 3/10
Paul Flynn 3/10   
Odhran Mac Niallais 8/13
Donnchadh Walsh 8/15
Leo McLoone 9/1   
Shane Walsh 14/1
Stephen O Brien 16/1
Bryan Sheehan 16/1
Tony Kernan 25/1   
Kevin Dyas 25/1

Full Forwards

James O'Donoghue 1/500
Michael Murphy 1/10   
Cillian O'Connor 1/8   
Paul Geaney 9/2   
Declan O'Sullivan 11/2
Bernard Brogan 15/2   
Colm McFadden 8/1
Conor McManus 10/1   
Jamie Clarke 14/1
Paddy McBrearty 14/1
Colm O'Neill 25/1
Conor Sweeney 33/1

[SouthDublinBro]

Half Backs
   
Dessie Mone 3/1

Should not be in the equation.

[bridgegael]

if big star puts in a motm performane in all ireland final,  he will be in with a shout of one.  look at g canty 2010.

[cluaineois]

Half Backs
   
Dessie Mone 3/1

Should not be in the equation.

Whats your problem with Dessie.? Probably our most consistent player all year but then again these awards wont be given out for that.

[SouthDublinBro]

Monaghan simply don't deserve any all stars this year.

[cluaineois]

Monaghan simply don't deserve any all stars this year.

Granted we had a poor day out against dublin but Dessie was one of the few  that did o.k. that day. Six day turnaround after a very tough game the week before as well as Walsh picking up a serious injury early on didnt help. Not making excuses here but surely allstars should be awarded for the whole season and not on one poor day. We still managed to win div 2 . made the ulster final having beaten both tyrone and armagh on the way. Overall not a bad year,

[BluestackBoy]

if big star puts in a motm performane in all ireland final,  he will be in with a shout of one.  look at g canty 2010.

If Star wins a MOTM award in the final having had 6 Donegal men hanging out of him all day, then I'd say he'll be in the running alright.

[DuffleKing]

Paddy Power odds.


Goalkeeper

Paul Durcan 2/5
Brian Kelly 5/2
Rory Beggan 4/1
Stephen Cluxton 7/1

Full Back

Keith Higgins 1/12   
Neil McGee 1/9   
Eamon McGee 6/4
Paddy McGrath 2/1   
Andy Mallon 10/3   
Paul Murphy 4/1
Drew Wylie 9/2
Aidan O Mahony 5/1   
Marc O'Se 7/1
Philip McMahon 7/1
Shane Enright 9/1


Half Backs

Karl Lacey 1/3
Frank McGlynn 2/5   
Colm Boyle evens   
Dessie Mone 3/1
Killian Young 9/4
Peter Crowley 9/4   
Fionn Fitzgerald 9/4
Anthony Thompson 7/2   
Lee Keegan 4/1
James McCarthy 5/1
Aaron Kernan 13/2

Midfielders

David Moran 1/3
Neil Gallagher 4/9
Aidan O'Shea 5/2
Johnny Buckley 9/2
Anthony Maher 9/2
Michael D MacAuley 5/1
Thomas Flynn 16/1

Half Forwards

Ryan McHugh 1/8
Diarmuid Connolly 3/10
Paul Flynn 3/10   
Odhran Mac Niallais 8/13
Donnchadh Walsh 8/15
Leo McLoone 9/1   
Shane Walsh 14/1
Stephen O Brien 16/1
Bryan Sheehan 16/1
Tony Kernan 25/1   
Kevin Dyas 25/1

Full Forwards

James O'Donoghue 1/500
Michael Murphy 1/10   
Cillian O'Connor 1/8   
Paul Geaney 9/2   
Declan O'Sullivan 11/2
Bernard Brogan 15/2   
Colm McFadden 8/1
Conor McManus 10/1   
Jamie Clarke 14/1
Paddy McBrearty 14/1
Colm O'Neill 25/1
Conor Sweeney 33/1

Odds offered on Aaron when he couldn't get in the Armagh half back line? Probably speaks to the weakness in the process that is the press involvement and the help that doing a bit of meeja work adds

[Aristo 60]

No odds on 'Star' with an AIF still to play?

[macdanger2]

So going purely by the odds, at this stage you'd be looking at 8 Donegal, 3 Mayo, 2 Kerry & 2 Dublin. Hardly seems a fair reflection of the season to date

Goalkeeper
Paul Durcan 2/5

Full Back
Keith Higgins 1/12   
Neil McGee 1/9   
Eamon McGee 6/4

Half Backs
Karl Lacey 1/3
Frank McGlynn 2/5   
Colm Boyle evens   

Midfielders
David Moran 1/3
Neil Gallagher 4/9

Half Forwards
Ryan McHugh 1/8
Diarmuid Connolly 3/10
Paul Flynn 3/10   

Full Forwards
James O'Donoghue 1/500
Michael Murphy 1/10   
Cillian O'Connor 1/8   

[J OGorman]

Half Backs
   
Dessie Mone 3/1

Should not be in the equation.

you know little about football if you think Dessie Mone shouldnt be in the reckoning. Has been consistantly top class all year and while others were floundering, he kept on battling. Fierce competitor who rarely fails to deliver and fine footballer (ps, can be a right royal pain in the hole at times too)

[seafoid]

James O Donoghue 1/500. The final hasn't even been played. He could have a mare. He could get food poisoning. Stupid odds.

[blanketattack]

JOD will get an AllStar regardless of how he plays in the final or even if he doesn't play. He's done more than enough v Cork. Galway, and Mayo twice to earn one.

[DJGaliv]

A lot of these selections are picked on the current narrative. Donegal and their defensive solidity and quick breaking are being praised to high heaven and rightly so - that's where the McGees McHugh and Murphy will get theirs.
We don't know a whole lot of these Kerry boyos but like the fact they have a "marquee forward" we can work around - there goes O'Donoghue and a legends son playing well will surely land one - Moran. And as for Mayo - O'Connor and Higgins have consistently carried them through for the last few years. That's 8 gone, and the rest of the lads really is anyone's guess.

Surprising enough how few Dubs will end up with an Allstar - considering how one defeat can change views.

Here's my uneducated selection


Goalkeeper

Paul Durcan (Donegal)

Full Back

Keith Higgins (Mayo)   
Neil McGee (Donegal)
Eamon McGee (Donegal)

Half Backs

Frank McGlynn (Donegal)
Peter Crowley (Kerry)
Karl Lacey (Donegal)

Midfielders

David Moran (Kerry)
Neil Gallagher (Donegal)

Half Forwards

Ryan McHugh (Donegal)
Paul Flynn (Dublin)   
Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry)

Full Forwards

James O'Donoghue (Kerry)
Michael Murphy (Donegal)   
Cillian O'Connor (Mayo)

That would be 2 Mayo, 8 Donegal, 4 Kerry and 1 Dublin. I imagine depending on performances in the final that Flynn could lose out to Odhran Mac Niallais or a swap with Donagh coming in and Murphy moved out to centre forward.
I don't think anyone outside the semi-finalists have reached the levels we have seen in the last few weekends to be seriously considered.