http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/here-are-the-top-50-footballers-of-2016-who-is-number-one-35172093.html
Surprising how few counties competed in 2016.
Another way of putting it is that it's entirely unsurprising how few counties Colm Keys/The Indo is interested in watching.
Aside from the fact that a list like this is schyte at the best of times, anyone who could try their hand at it and ignore Brendan Murphy, who realistically should be in the top ten at the very least, doesn't know what they're at. I can't remember the last time I watched Carlow play and he wasn't ridiculously impressive.
Only those whose matches were televised.
Less than a vintage year with view stand outs. Must have been a struggle for Mr Keys to finish that article.
Quote from: Take Your Points on November 01, 2016, 04:05:22 PM
Surprising how few counties competed in 2016.
Down, Derry, Monaghan , Ros, Meath, Kildare were all missing in action
Quote from: seafoid on November 01, 2016, 06:16:37 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on November 01, 2016, 04:05:22 PM
Surprising how few counties competed in 2016.
Down, Derry, Monaghan , Ros, Meath, Kildare were all missing in action
It's a list of footballers, not counties.
Quote from: Take Your Points on November 01, 2016, 04:05:22 PM
Surprising how few counties competed in 2016.
Wait till the "Super 8" comes in.
Danny Heavron should definitely be in there.
Quote from: Il Bomber Destro on November 01, 2016, 08:39:16 PM
Danny Heavron should definitely be in there.
Totally agree. He was brilliant all season and was the best player on the pitch as Derry led tipp in inj time. Tipp get 2 or 3 players in the top 50 and we get none. But it's a bit like alan brogan picking his top 15 from the season. Mayo were arguably the better team over the 2 games v dublin and but for 2 freak own goals and other bits of bad luck lost. Brogan only had 2 mayo players in his team of the year with 7 or 8 dubs. Crazy given how even it was between the 2 teams.
Quote from: lenny on November 01, 2016, 09:53:26 PM
Quote from: Il Bomber Destro on November 01, 2016, 08:39:16 PM
Danny Heavron should definitely be in there.
Totally agree. He was brilliant all season and was the best player on the pitch as Derry led tipp in inj time. Tipp get 2 or 3 players in the top 50 and we get none. But it's a bit like alan brogan picking his top 15 from the season. Mayo were arguably the better team over the 2 games v dublin and but for 2 freak own goals and other bits of bad luck lost. Brogan only had 2 mayo players in his team of the year with 7 or 8 dubs. Crazy given how even it was between the 2 teams.
I would say he plays an almost indentical role for Derry as Peter Harte does for Tyrone. He just always seems to have so much time on the ball and has that really classy finishing and composure. Why's he not committing for Derry next year? He's very much a late bloomer as he wouldn't have been one of Derry's most talked about player in the past 5/6 years but he's definitely head and shoulders their best and would make any county side in the country for me.
Declan Kyne. McCarron in the 30s. Jesus. Keys must have been pouring over old match reports to find some of those names. 50 is a mad number for a competition with 32 real teams. Would have made more sense to chose the best on each team if he needed a countdown article to fill the column inches.
Quote from: lenny on November 01, 2016, 09:53:26 PM
Quote from: Il Bomber Destro on November 01, 2016, 08:39:16 PM
Danny Heavron should definitely be in there.
Totally agree. He was brilliant all season and was the best player on the pitch as Derry led tipp in inj time. Tipp get 2 or 3 players in the top 50 and we get none. But it's a bit like alan brogan picking his top 15 from the season. Mayo were arguably the better team over the 2 games v dublin and but for 2 freak own goals and other bits of bad luck lost. Brogan only had 2 mayo players in his team of the year with 7 or 8 dubs. Crazy given how even it was between the 2 teams.
In fairness Brogans article was probably based on the season and not just two games. Prior to the All Ireland finals how many Mayo players stood out in the league or championship?
Quote from: Captain Obvious on November 02, 2016, 12:46:56 AM
Quote from: lenny on November 01, 2016, 09:53:26 PM
Quote from: Il Bomber Destro on November 01, 2016, 08:39:16 PM
Danny Heavron should definitely be in there.
Totally agree. He was brilliant all season and was the best player on the pitch as Derry led tipp in inj time. Tipp get 2 or 3 players in the top 50 and we get none. But it's a bit like alan brogan picking his top 15 from the season. Mayo were arguably the better team over the 2 games v dublin and but for 2 freak own goals and other bits of bad luck lost. Brogan only had 2 mayo players in his team of the year with 7 or 8 dubs. Crazy given how even it was between the 2 teams.
In fairness Brogans article was probably based on the season and not just two games. Prior to the All Ireland finals how many Mayo players stood out in the league or championship?
Not many did pre or post-AI.
Aside from the fact that a list like this is schyte at the best of times, anyone who could try their hand at it and ignore Brendan Murphy, who realistically should be in the top ten at the very least, doesn't know what they're at. I can't remember the last time I watched Carlow play and he wasn't ridiculously impressive.
Brendan Murphy is certainly not the player he was a couple of years ago when he was a huge talent . His interest seems to have waned considerably .
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of people who get worked up about these lists by lazy journalists who fees the general non-knowing public with this stuff.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 02, 2016, 09:22:17 AM
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of people who get worked up about these lists by lazy journalists who fees the general non-knowing public with this stuff.
+1.
Space filling nonsense.
Is it just me or is every second online/print media GAA piece a list of some description?
'The top 20 hurlers with red hair' etc.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 11:17:49 AM
Is it just me or is every second online/print media GAA piece a list of some description?
'The top 20 hurlers with red hair' etc.
Great idea!
This lad would be there somewhere:
(http://cdn-03.independent.ie/migration_catalog/article28801675.ece/73c0c/AUTOCROP/h342/henry-shefflin)
'Top 20 hurlers named Mickey'.
20. Mickey Burke (Meath)
(http://cdn1.hoganstand.com/Common/NewGallery/AB4C7047-copy.jpg)
Meath need a few new Mickeys
On sports journalism I think Eugene McGee said it well.
EMcG: A lot of the matches are shite, but the worst of all is having to write the column in wintertime. I sit down every Saturday night and say, 'What am I going to write here?'. I'm 30 years writing columns now, for God's sake! And some of the stuff I write on Monday is pure shite.
PK: It can't be gold every week.
EMcG: No, and people still remember you for some of the columns and that's a nice treat to get, but I don't envy the guys who have to work full-time GAA reporting on the dailies, it's a fate worse than death.
People will read shite all the time.
"One way of looking at the history of the human group is that it has been a continuing struggle against the veneration of 'crap'." Neil Postman
Most sports journalism is shite.
But you wouldn't miss it.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 11:33:00 AM
'Top 20 hurlers named Mickey'.
20. Mickey Burke (Meath)
(http://cdn1.hoganstand.com/Common/NewGallery/AB4C7047-copy.jpg)
f**k! Does Mickey try to play hurley as well!!
Typical Mayo man.
Wouldn't know one end of a hurl from the other.
For your information, Mickey Burke is on the national team, that's how good he is.
Here he is playing against the old enemy, Scotland.
(http://cdn1.hoganstand.com/Common/NewGallery/inpho_00993135.jpg)
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 02:26:29 PM
Typical Mayo man.
Wouldn't know one end of a hurl from the other.
For your information, Mickey Burke is on the national team, that's how good he is.
Here he is playing against the old enemy, Scotland.
(http://cdn1.hoganstand.com/Common/NewGallery/inpho_00993135.jpg)
Imagine facing a helmeted Mickey, without a helmet!
Incredible bravery.
God rest him.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 02:57:03 PM
Incredible bravery.
God rest him.
I propose we all wear a thistle for a month to commemorate him.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 02:26:29 PM
Typical Mayo man.
Wouldn't know one end of a hurl from the other.
For your information, Mickey Burke is on the national team, that's how good he is.
Here he is playing against the old enemy, Scotland.
(http://cdn1.hoganstand.com/Common/NewGallery/inpho_00993135.jpg)
Scottish fella on the far left looks like he's borrowed his son's bicycle helmet.
Quote from: muppet on November 02, 2016, 03:00:32 PM
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 02:57:03 PM
Incredible bravery.
God rest him.
I propose we all wear a thistle for a month to commemorate him.
Mickey should have gone through him, he pretty much defeated Ireland himself in the latest international the other week.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 02, 2016, 02:26:29 PM
Typical Mayo man.
Wouldn't know one end of a hurl from the other.
For your information, Mickey Burke is on the national team, that's how good he is.
Here he is playing against the old enemy, Scotland.
(http://cdn1.hoganstand.com/Common/NewGallery/inpho_00993135.jpg)
His right arm looks black and blue already from the belts he took. Needed him back in the day against John Jeffries and Finlay Caulder. He's have opened those lads.