Mickey Harte joins the Irish News

[stephenite]

Not even a mention of McGrane in MF. Found that a strange one.

His column is still consistently rubbish, for such a great manager he's got little insight to offer & the column is normally filler that any dungballer could type up in half an hour.

FFS - Paul McGrane wouldn't make the top 10 midfielders of the last 25 years

[thewobbler]

Not even a mention of McGrane in MF. Found that a strange one.

His column is still consistently rubbish, for such a great manager he's got little insight to offer & the column is normally filler that any dungballer could type up in half an hour.

It's interesting that anyone would rate McGrane that highly. Fine footballer he was, but seeing as Harte is covering the past 35 years in his selection, this is an all time greats list. Unless you're his wife or his agent, McGrane isn't an all time great.

It's actually a bloody good team. Biggest omission is Cluxton, an undeniable all time great. I wouldn't have Tompkins in the team ahead of any of the 'sub' forwards either, but at this point I'm nitpicking.

[lenny]

Out of all the -players not on the starting 15, Moynihan is by far the biggest ommission, probably the best all round defender of all them and i have him well ahead of McGeeney, I Still have Donnellan in there, just 1 Galway man and 1Dub on it, Even though they have more all-irelands and played on better teams than the 2 selected, Anthony Tohill the best midfielder of the past 20 odd yrs and thats by a fair margin, outside of that, its a fair decent team, though again Clunton probably better than O`Leary too,

I agree about Moynihan. He would definitely be in my team ahead of McGeeny. Donnellan would be a worthy choice also probably just ahead of dooher. Also I don't know how Greg blaney was left out. Definitely the best number 11 in the last 25 years.

[ONeill]

Ach it is all a bit of crack. The is no correct selection. We could all come up with our own and no two would match.

[Line Ball]

This is a man who proclaims to know football and absolutely loves driving his opinions down peoples throats.

To leave three of the most influential players of all time out of his farcical team is nonsensical:

Mick Lyons

Jack O'Shea

Greg Blaney


Catch a grip Mickey, you tube.

[BennyCake]

I'd have Stevie ahead of Joyce, and Blaney ahead of Tompkins. Blaneys ability to feed his forwards was fantastic. An unbelievable playmaker. Won a lot of breaking ball too.

[Wildweasel74]

well if u looking stevie in u got to compare him to the man in his position and thats colin cooper, I would say Joyce is a better full forward than McDonnell

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Mickey still winding the apple munchers  up

[From the Bunker]

Have not seen the list but I suppose the following were not good enough.Declan Browne, Kevin O'Brien, Ciaran McManus, Matty forde, Eamon O'Hara, Johnny Doyle, Ciaran McDonald, Glenn Ryan, Martin Daly, Colin Corkery, Dermott Earley (jnr). In reality you are not a truly a great player without the Celtic Cross?

[bennydorano]

IIRC (& i wouldn't put the house on it) Mickey Harte was once hypothetically asked in a Gaa transfer market who would he take, Paul McGrane was one of his picks. Not that's it's any big deal - i thought he was worth a mention in the MF mix.

I'm on record numerous times here stating my admiration for mcGrane, i make no bones about it, IMO he is Armagh's greatest ever player. Some people have short memories, he was every bit as important & integral to Armagh's success as McGeeney.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Anyone from west of the Shannon on Mickey's team or is it a Ulster/Kerry selection box?

[rodney trotter]

The team is listed on page 54 of this thread

[theticklemister]

Paul McGrane was nowhere near the player PJ McGrane was.

[From the Bunker]

Anyone from west of the Shannon on Mickey's team or is it a Ulster/Kerry selection box?

Ulster teams are obsessed with two things beating the hell outta each other and beating Kerry. And in Fairness they succeed in doing both nearly all of the time!

[GalwayBayBoy]

Anyway looked at the team. Not too bad but think you have to get Seamus Moynihan in there somehow. Also not sure about the Larry Tompkins selection. Think better players than Larry overlooked there. Might have felt Cork deserved a pick for their late 80's team.