DJ Carey or Henry?

[INDIANA]

I don't actually prefer either. I don't think its possible to compare players from different eras. I mean was Keher better thna DJ and Henry. Most kilkenny observers think he was. Again impossible to say in my view. You can only compare players from the same era really.

[orangeman]

I don't actually prefer either. I don't think its possible to compare players from different eras. I mean was Keher better thna DJ and Henry. Most kilkenny observers think he was. Again impossible to say in my view. You can only compare players from the same era really.

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That's the most important consideration. We can only hold an opinion. Making direct comparisons is impossible.

[EddieMerx]

I don't actually prefer either. I don't think its possible to compare players from different eras. I mean was Keher better thna DJ and Henry. Most kilkenny observers think he was. Again impossible to say in my view. You can only compare players from the same era really.

Good point but you have said you think DJ was better

[antoinse]

Each generation has its own truly magnificient players and it is not possible to determine which one is better than the other due to the continued development of the game. I just enjoy and marvel at the ability of all these exceptional players as they come along and do not nor will not compare one to the other. I also admire the grafter that makes the exceptional player and he should never be forgotten

[achtungantrim]

dj was lightening fast. so he scored loads of goals. he didn't score many points from play. that is a major weakness in my view for a forward.

henry is a better player all round. more points from play, as well as a good goal-getter/goal assister. i think if you asked master cody (the best placed judge) who he would want in his side, i think we all know king henry would be the first name down on his team sheet.

[INDIANA]

dj was lightening fast. so he scored loads of goals. he didn't score many points from play. that is a major weakness in my view for a forward.

henry is a better player all round. more points from play, as well as a good goal-getter/goal assister. i think if you asked master cody (the best placed judge) who he would want in his side, i think we all know king henry would be the first name down on his team sheet.

Sure I'm sure cody will tell us on the 28th

[Bud Wiser]

A Kilkenny man and meself were discussing this d'other day and he told me that somewhere along the line when Henry came on the scene first and DJ handed over most of the free taking to him that DJ said himself that Henry would be better than himself.  The Drive for Five may well prove that beyond doubt whatever about now.

[alan partridge]

DJ (by a whisker)

DJ did things that nobody else could do, over head flicks, unbelievably long and straight hand passes, and more of an eye for goal to take on defences and get goals against the odds

Henry does things that other players can do, only Henry does them far better than average. Also as the game has evolved yet again Henry is fitter than The DJ.

and when DJ was playing Kilkenny were not so far ahead of the chasing pack as they are now, DJ carried Kilkenny for many years and played in a lot closer fought games.

[Asal Mor]

I go for Henry. DJ was more eye catching and more spectacular but Henry is a relentless scoring machine who has already achieved more. As someone said previously - if I was a manager I'd pick Henry first. 2 amazing hurlers tho - the 2 best I have seen.

[ha ha derry]

For spectators to watch... DJ
For a manager to pick... Henry.

[Canalman]

Henry without a doubt.
DJ's patchy AIF displays have imo been glossed over too readily imo. He improved his AIF displays a tad towards the end of his career.

I must be in a minority of one in thinking that DJ (while a very good hurler) was overrated. Joe Cooney for example was imo way better than DJ.

Truth be told, Shefflin's star has been understandably waning for a while ( freetaking excepted) and Tommy Walsh imo will eclipse them both very shortly. A real hurler's hurler.

[Asal Mor]

Joe Cooney was a phenomenal club hurler and a great county hurler until 1990, but after his heroic display in the All Ireland final of 1990 he never looked fit or fast enough at county level and never had the same impact on the championship thereafter. I agree that he was one of the most skillful hurlers ever but DJ surely had a higher ratio of good performances at inter county championship level. Granted Cooney was on some sh!te galway teams that only played one game per year.

[mouview]

Up until very recently my bias against DJ would make me choose Henry as the better player; however, in a fit of revisionism, I may be slowly changing my mind. Henry IMHO is starting to show signs of DJ-itis * and if you take one yardstick that both of them may be measured by, Joe Canning, then DJ has produced performances closer to what JC has produced in games than what Henry has. While Henry is a better playmaker, (though nowhere nearly as good as JC), DJ was a great scorer, esp. of goals, at least as good as JC. It's one way of comparing them perhaps.

*DJ-itis - the overpraising of a very talented player who often has often given quiet displays on the biggest occasion.