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The world's gone mad. It's not as if he's free of charge either

Inches away from appointing someone living in Armagh and working in Belfast was more mad and would have cost more.

At least he had some positive traits going for him and could be a promising coach. Literally struggling to think of any positives with this one. Huge man management concerns, no obvious tactical nous, questionable motivation after the job he wanted and was in line for was given to a former understudy, and all for a pricely fee.

The world's gone mad. It's not as if he's free of charge either

Roscommon to spend the summer practicing hooking and pulling on the ground? This car crash should be entertaining at least. Absolutely bizarre stuff

This is a proper face-palm post.

I can never look at a post of yours again without thinking of "Football is far worse affected by a bare pitch than hurling".

Surely one of the most idiotic things ever posted on a GAA forum

Ok, lets look at your take on it. Twice AI runner up recently. Understudy in a promising season last year for Dublin. So he surely was an excellent candidate for Dublin, a job he coveted.

Yet they plumped for Mattie Kenny over him. The same Kenny the Dublin CB were so enamored with last year that they overlooked him for a football man in Gilroy. Why wouldn't Dublin take AC on?

And now he's in line to take a team in a better position in a sport hes more tactically inept at (although can't say this for certain as his hurling astuteness left a bit to be desired).

Roscommon to spend the summer practicing hooking and pulling on the ground? This car crash should be entertaining at least. Absolutely bizarre stuff

You do realize the rumored manager has won Connacht and Leinster football titles?

He presided over one of the most disastrous man management regimes of a top IC side in living memory. Shambolic tactics, training regimes and established players dropped off panels without a solitary phone call explanation. On 3 separate occasions a very level headed group of players voted to oust him, with them backing out of the first two attempts due to a mix of being scared of the media backlash and delaying a few months until an autumn settled period. His final season was the ultimate in senior player power and will dragging a disastrous situation through a summer.

His football knowledge is supposedly limited, with his role in Laois very much advisory, with training based on fitness. Where's the upside here? Tactical? Motivational? Is he supposed to be the man to bring the county together? He's been overlooked for the Dublin hurling job he much sought after. And he's going to land a D1 job in a sport he knows a fraction as much about?

Roscommon to spend the summer practicing hooking and pulling on the ground? This car crash should be entertaining at least. Absolutely bizarre stuff

Do I detect a little dislike for tubber from people outside of Mayo , cause of the o Connors perhaps ? Maybe I'm imagining it but they really are disliked outside of Mayo for some reason.

Is it yourself that's a bit defensive about Ballintubber? Id imagine most here dont know enough about them to care much either way. You keep acting indignant when someone expects Corofin to win Connacht easily. They're a small club who've never won Connacht and scraped through their last game, up against one of the best teams in modern times. Even against CNG they'd likely be slight outsiders. Here's hoping they can do it but it'll come as a shock to the vast majority

Cluxton had a very bad spell during the first half of the 2017 All Ireland final, think Mayo won 5 of his kickouts.

Got rattled during the first half of the Galway game too, made a mistake for the goal and followed it straight up with a poor kickout where Galway should have scored a goal; Comer had his shot saved when he should have passed to Heaney who'd have had an open goal.

Shane Walsh is the player who's certainly the most hard done by, there's no way Ryan McHugh & Ian Burke deserved one ahead of him.

He did save the shot tho. He also saved a penalty during this time. I still think Beggan was the right choice tho

He did but just making the point he's had meltdowns too mainly the Kerry semi in 16 and the first half against Mayo in 17. You'd think he never makes a mistake according to some of the Dublin posters.

He didnt have a meltdown in 17 to be fair. Those lost kickouts were nearly all contested catches in midfield. You can't blame a keeper for his midfielders being beat. First half of Kerry Semi in 16, the drawn Mayo semi in 15 and the 3 min spell in the Galway semi are the only black marks in big games I can think of

[the difference between Cluxton and Mayo footballers is that when the pressure is applied on]

"What if I was to organise getting our own All Star Award made for Stephen Cluxton from us Dublin fans and present it to him to show how much us Dublin supporters appreciate him? Call it the Our Star Award or something?"

Post on Hill 16 Army. f**k sake lads he's not getting an all star just get over it, completely embarrassing at this stage.

It's so cringey it almost belongs on Willie Joe's blog.

Sorry but the difference between Cluxton and Mayo footballers is that when the pressure is applied on All Ireland final day he stands tall while Mayo players crumble or screw up.

It's farcical to think he hasn't won an All Star in 5 years. Beggan made 2 huge mistakes this year that cost Monaghan the games against Fermanagh & Tyrone but it appears because Cluxton is so consistent different standards are applied to him.

Between Cluxtons omission, Cavanagh at full back and Howard at midfield the All Stars this year are a joke. Both Howard and Cavanagh deserved them, but the positions they were awarded for the All Star is farcical

Sorry that's just wrong, if you look back the big games over the last few years Cluxton has buckled when pressure cane on him

That's nonsesne tbh. Beggan deserves the all star imo but any suggestion Cluxton doesn't perform under pressure is laughable. His performances in All Ireland finals have been masterful. You should know given what he did in 2013 especially, and 2017. It's been the odd semi final (2016 & 2018) where he's made mistakes

They were comparable from open play, both made good saves and had mistakes. Cluxton was his machine like brilliance at retaining possession from kick outs. Beggan was regularly hitting lads in stride 60 yards away, so a draw there also. What swings it is the 18 points Beggan kicked from 45-65 meters personally

Historians of Gaelic football will surely wonder how the most   influential footballer on one of the greatest teams ever was not awarded an All Star in any one four successive years in which he lifted the Sam Maguire as captain. Stephen Cluxton is far more than just a goalkeeper.

A grave injustice.

When they have an All Star for the "Far more than just a goalkeeper" position, he'll be in with a great shout.

He'd lose that surely also given that Beggan is slotting 60 yarders?

Anyone not from Dublin think Cluxton was robbed of one?

Nah. He was robbed last year but what Beggan was doing this year was unprecedented and while Cluxtons kickouts were masterful as usual, he made a few mistakes outside that

This is the least egregious of the Cluxton 'snubs'. Beggan was always favorite after that insane performance vs Kerry. McHugh is the bizarre one, superb player but two more deserving teammates alone this year never mind players elsewhere

MM must be gutted to get so close, can't see it happening again the next day.

From a county point of view how did Molloy, Wall and John Daly play?

Molloy was good but I've seen him better all the same, he made a few good runs forward and had one lung bursting run to get back before his man to save an open goal. Wall was marking Michael Daly for a lot of the game and did fairly well on him. That meant he didn't get forward as much as in other games. Didn't take much notice of John Daly, the way MM played nobody really stood out for th m, it was more of a solid team performance.

I didn't take that from the game at all. Molloy was his usual industrious self but perhaps lacking in overall quality, that could hold him back form being an inter-county starter. Wall was slightly disappointing, nothing majorly wrong but gave away a few frees and sloppy in possession at times. Thought Daly looked the best prospect of the 3 (youngest also). Comfortable on the ball. But hard to notice him or any other individual in that blanket MM brought

To be honest I've seen a fair bit of Corofin and Mountbellew this year and both Molloy and Wall look like better prospects at the minute, Daly is younger than them and just back from injury but for me at this moment in time they'd be ahead of him. You couldn't base anything on last Sunday it was a desperate game. Don't agree with your opinion on Molloy either, if Cathal Sweeney and Declan Kyne are inter county starters (in Galway anyway) he definitely is.

Fair enough, and I do actually agree on your last point, he's probably above their level, for all that Kyne can be slightly underrated.

MM must be gutted to get so close, can't see it happening again the next day.

From a county point of view how did Molloy, Wall and John Daly play?

Molloy was good but I've seen him better all the same, he made a few good runs forward and had one lung bursting run to get back before his man to save an open goal. Wall was marking Michael Daly for a lot of the game and did fairly well on him. That meant he didn't get forward as much as in other games. Didn't take much notice of John Daly, the way MM played nobody really stood out for th m, it was more of a solid team performance.

I didn't take that from the game at all. Molloy was his usual industrious self but perhaps lacking in overall quality, that could hold him back form being an inter-county starter. Wall was slightly disappointing, nothing majorly wrong but gave away a few frees and sloppy in possession at times. Thought Daly looked the best prospect of the 3 (youngest also). Comfortable on the ball. But hard to notice him or any other individual in that blanket MM brought