Kerry dominate the Opel GPA Football team of the year for 2009 with eight representatives, as players from Cork and Kildare complete the line-up.
Diarmuid Murphy, Marc Ó Sé, Tomás Ó Sé, Tom O'Sullivan, Seamus Scanlon, Paul Galvin, Declan O'Sullivan and Tommy Walsh all make the cut for the Kingdom.
Losing All-Ireland finalists Cork have six players included, Michael Shields, Graham Canty, John Miskella, Pearse O'Neill, Paddy Kelly and Daniel Goulding.
The remaining place on the team is filled by Kildare's veteran midfielder Dermot Earley.
2009 Opel Gaelic team of the Year for Football:
1. Diarmuid Murphy (Kerry)
2. Marc Ó Sé (Kerry)
3. Michael Shields (Cork)
4. Tom O'Sullivan (Kerry)
5. Tomás Ó Sé (Kerry)
6. Graham Canty (Cork)
7. John Miskella (Cork)
8. Dermot Earley (Kildare)
9. Seamus Scanlon (Kerry)
10. Paul Galvin (Kerry)
11. Pearse O'Neill (Cork)
12. Paddy Kelly (Cork)
13. Daniel Goulding (Cork)
14. Declan O'Sullivan (Kerry)
15. Tommy Walsh (Kerry)
Source rte.ie
WTF
i thought the all stars were bad,this is even worse.
Do you have to be a GPA member to be selected? That could be it.
I can't see why Goulding made both teams based on just one good performance in the Munster final. His marker even won MOTM in the All-Ireland final.
Quote from: Hardy on November 03, 2009, 02:04:58 PM
Do you have to be a GPA member to be selected? That could be it.
No, you just have to be vetted by Donal Og. ;) ;D ;)
Kavanagh of Kildare at WF is a glaring ommission IMO.
As someone said, you may have to be a GPA member.
The Gooch advertising Lucozade may have scuppered chances.
I take it the GPA are trying to write (or select) themselves into oblivion, having already cornered the irrelevance market.
Paddy Kelly in for Tadhg
Walsh in for o'neill.
Are they the two dfference from the GAA Writers?
Quote from: DuffleKing on November 03, 2009, 03:04:10 PM
Paddy Kelly in for Tadhg
Walsh in for o'neill.
Are they the two dfference from the GAA Writers?
Marc Ó Sé in for Lacey
Quote from: boojangles on November 03, 2009, 02:12:21 PM
Kavanagh of Kildare at WF is a glaring ommission IMO.
For what? X Factor?
Why has Daniel Goulding got on both these teams?? He's not bad but he's not all star material.
Lacey also was outstanding having some superb games and shouldn't have been left out. Wonder did Tadhg's "outburst" go against him...
Still don't see how Michael Shields got into any of the All Start or GPA teams based on the roastings he got this year. McMahon of Tyrone would have been more deserving. Lacey is a cert in any team this year as is Stephen O'Neill.
Martin Mchugh was chairman of the selection panel
enough said...
Quote from: muppet on November 03, 2009, 10:59:22 PM
Quote from: boojangles on November 03, 2009, 02:12:21 PM
Kavanagh of Kildare at WF is a glaring ommission IMO.
For what? X Factor?
You'v lost me here. Kavanagh was the best Wing-forward I seen all year.That includes Galvin.
Quote from: boojangles on November 03, 2009, 02:12:21 PM
Kavanagh of Kildare at WF is a glaring ommission IMO.
I would agree with thaat!
Lads to be fair, too many Cork lads filled the nest, to be getting this many awards surely? And Before you say theres more to it than AllIreland Finals..............really, theres NOT!!! Pearse O'Neill for one, never got a kick in the all ireland final, he wasnt alone
QuoteAnd Before you say theres more to it than AllIreland Finals..............really, theres NOT!!!
Well if that's the logic you're working off the only mistake they made was selecting Earley as all the rest of them at least played in the 'only game that matters'. It makes your support for Kavanagh all the more baffling.
Zulu, I meant it in a way that saying Cork had gotten too many awards! Too many no shows in the final should cost you in something like this, it usually does
Apparently Cavanagh couldn't make the GPA team as he had too many commitments with Tyrone seniors and is getting married soon 8)
Quote from: longrunsthefox on November 04, 2009, 10:06:44 PM
Apparently Cavanagh couldn't make the GPA team as he had too many commitments with Tyrone seniors and is getting married soon 8)
Wow that is commitment.
Quote from: cadhlancian on November 04, 2009, 10:01:10 PM
Zulu, I meant it in a way that saying Cork had gotten too many awards! Too many no shows in the final should cost you in something like this, it usually does
Maybe it is that way but it shouldn't be, the more games you play the more likely you are to have a bad one, and the further you go in the championship the better the teams you meet which increases the chances of you having a poor game. How can anyone justify giving an All star to a player who played no better than someone else, on the basis that he got knocked out earlier and therefore didn't play poorly in a big game? Most of those Cork players would have been on most peoples team before the AI final so how can they be questioned on the basis of one poor game. By the way Cork only lost by four and were only two down with about 15min to go and there was no score for the last 10min so these players didn't play that badly.
The selection is a joke really. Its a complete non-entity as an award.