2013 All-Stars

[Rossfan]

some of the selections make a mockery of the process down through the years.

+1.

[Sam2011]

Think it's under 23 to be eligible for YPOTY. O Connor would have another 2 years. He will probably make it 3 in a row this year.

Frightening how good he's going to be in a few years. He's taking frees off the ground with his left now in training. Expect him to be using right and left off the ground next year.

Didn't he take them from the left in the final? But yeah he should be well able for them next year.
If he can improve a few percentages over the next few years from open play he's going to be something else for us.

[ballinaman]

Think it's under 23 to be eligible for YPOTY. O Connor would have another 2 years. He will probably make it 3 in a row this year.

Frightening how good he's going to be in a few years. He's taking frees off the ground with his left now in training. Expect him to be using right and left off the ground next year.

Didn't he take them from the left in the final? But yeah he should be well able for them next year.
If he can improve a few percentages over the next few years from open play he's going to be something else for us.

Taking them with his left foot off the ground I mean. 45's included. Said he's about 90% of where he is with his right at the moment.

[AZOffaly]

Think it's under 23 to be eligible for YPOTY. O Connor would have another 2 years. He will probably make it 3 in a row this year.

Frightening how good he's going to be in a few years. He's taking frees off the ground with his left now in training. Expect him to be using right and left off the ground next year.

Didn't he take them from the left in the final? But yeah he should be well able for them next year.
If he can improve a few percentages over the next few years from open play he's going to be something else for us.

Taking them with his left foot off the ground I mean. 45's included. Said he's about 90% of where he is with his right at the moment.

Yeah but how long does he take over them? 

[Syferus]

Think it's under 23 to be eligible for YPOTY. O Connor would have another 2 years. He will probably make it 3 in a row this year.

Frightening how good he's going to be in a few years. He's taking frees off the ground with his left now in training. Expect him to be using right and left off the ground next year.

Didn't he take them from the left in the final? But yeah he should be well able for them next year.
If he can improve a few percentages over the next few years from open play he's going to be something else for us.

Taking them with his left foot off the ground I mean. 45's included. Said he's about 90% of where he is with his right at the moment.

Yeah but how long does he take over them? 

One Clux run and a half a Cake trot.

[Gael85]

Stephen Cluxton

Colin Walsh
Rory O'Carroll
Keith Higgins

Lee Keegan
Colm Boyle
James McCarthy

Michael Dara Maccauley
Sean Cavanagh

Paul Flynn
Colm Cooper
Donnacha Walsh

Cillian O'Connor
Bernard Brogan
James O'Donoghue

player of year Lee Keegan
young player of year Cillian O'Connor

[blanketattack]

With Tony Kelly a cert for hurler of the year, will this be the only occasion the player of the year was also eligible for young player of the year in either code?

[nrico2006]

With Tony Kelly a cert for hurler of the year, will this be the only occasion the player of the year was also eligible for young player of the year in either code?

Tony Kelly should get both awards, shambles if he won the senior and wasn;t given the young player award.

As for the football, I think Cluxton will get POTY and McCaffrey could get young POTY.  Be a joke if Cillian O'Connor got it again, you would swear he was the most prodigious talent the GAA has seen in years.

[Tubberman]

With Tony Kelly a cert for hurler of the year, will this be the only occasion the player of the year was also eligible for young player of the year in either code?

Tony Kelly should get both awards, shambles if he won the senior and wasn;t given the young player award.

As for the football, I think Cluxton will get POTY and McCaffrey could get young POTY.  Be a joke if Cillian O'Connor got it again, you would swear he was the most prodigious talent the GAA has seen in years.

McCaffrey was completely anonymous in both the semi-final and final. It would be a bigger joke if he got it, other than he's a new face.

[nrico2006]

With Tony Kelly a cert for hurler of the year, will this be the only occasion the player of the year was also eligible for young player of the year in either code?

Tony Kelly should get both awards, shambles if he won the senior and wasn;t given the young player award.

As for the football, I think Cluxton will get POTY and McCaffrey could get young POTY.  Be a joke if Cillian O'Connor got it again, you would swear he was the most prodigious talent the GAA has seen in years.

McCaffrey was completely anonymous in both the semi-final and final. It would be a bigger joke if he got it, other than he's a new face.

He was brilliant throughout the league and also in the Leinster Championship.

[sans pessimism]

Think it's under 23 to be eligible for YPOTY. O Connor would have another 2 years. He will probably make it 3 in a row this year.

Frightening how good he's going to be in a few years. He's taking frees off the ground with his left now in training. Expect him to be using right and left off the ground next year.

Didn't he take them from the left in the final? But yeah he should be well able for them next year.
If he can improve a few percentages over the next few years from open play he's going to be something else for us.

Taking them with his left foot off the ground I mean. 45's included. Said he's about 90% of where he is with his right at the moment.

Yeah but how long does he take over them? 

Not as quick as Jimmy Cooney was to blow the final whistle

[All of a Sludden]

2013 All-Ireland Football champions Dublin lead the way in this year's GAA GPA Football All-Stars sponsored by Opel after nominations for this year's award have been confirmed.

The Sky Blue's successful campaign, which ended with a final win over Mayo on September 22, has been rewarded with 12 nominations and is followed by the ten recorded by Mayo.

Monaghan's first Ulster senior title since 1988 saw them receive six nominations. Both of this year's beaten semi-finalists, Kerry and Tyrone landed five and four nominations respectively, while Cavan were next best with three. Cork, Galway, London, Meath and Donegal received one each respectively.

All told only 12 of last year's nominees are included on this year's list of 45. The short list for the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year Awards were also confirmed by the selection panel.

The senior category includes Michael Darragh Macauley (Dublin), Stephen Cluxton (Dublin) and Lee Keegan (Mayo) and the young player category sees Jack McCaffrey (Dublin), Cillian O'Connor (Mayo) and Paul Mannion (Dublin) vying for the award.
The final selection will be announced live on Friday, November 8 at the All-Star banquet at Croke Park.

Goalkeepers
Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
Robert Hennelly (Mayo)
Rory Beggan (Monaghan)

Full backs
Rory O'Carroll (Dublin)
Ger Cafferkey (Mayo)
Keith Higgins (Mayo)
Colin Walshe (Monaghan)
Killian Clarke (Cavan)
Chris Barrett (Mayo)
Drew Wylie (Monaghan)
Cathal McCarron (Tyrone)
Marc Ó Sé (Kerry)

Half backs
Conor Gormley (Tyrone)
Colm Boyle (Mayo)
Lee Keegan (Mayo)
Cian O'Sullivan (Dublin)
Donal Vaughan (Mayo)
James McCarthy (Dublin)
Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
Dessie Mone (Monaghan)
James Loughrey (Cork)

Midfielders
Michael Darragh Macauley (Dublin)
Aidan O'Shea (Mayo)
Séamus O'Shea (Mayo)
Darren Hughes (Monaghan)
Paul Conroy (Galway)
Anthony Maher (Kerry)

Half forwards
Seán Cavanagh (Tyrone)
Colm Cooper (Kerry)
Cian Mackey (Cavan)
Paul Flynn (Dublin)
Diarmuid Connolly (Dublin)
Donnacha Walsh (Kerry)
Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin)
Matthew Donnelly (Tyrone)
Lorcan Mulvey (London)

Full forwards
Bernard Brogan (Dublin)
James O'Donoghue (Kerry)
Martin Dunne (Cavan)
Paul Mannion (Dublin)
Conor McManus (Monaghan)
Cillian O'Connor (Mayo)
Paddy Andrews (Dublin)
Colm McFadden (Donegal)
Michael Newman (Meath)

Player of the Year Nominees
Michael Darragh Macauley (Dublin)
Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
Lee Keegan (Mayo)

Young Player of the Year Nominees
Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
Cillian O'Connor (Mayo)
Paul Mannion (Dublin)

County by county breakdown
Dublin - 12
Mayo - 10
Monaghan - 6
Kerry - 5
Tyrone - 4
Cavan - 3
Cork - 1
Galway - 1
London - 1
Meath - 1
Donegal - 1

[Jinxy]

Cillian O'Connor shouldn't be next nor near any player award this year.
I'd have Mickey Newman ahead of him.

[muppet]

Cillian O'Connor shouldn't be next nor near any player award this year.
I'd have Mickey Newman ahead of him.

O'Connor scored far more in the rounds that Newman played in. Top scorer in the Championship despite only playing around 3.6 matches and only half fit for one of them.

Looking at that list, O'Connor will get an All-Star.

[moysider]

Cillian O'Connor shouldn't be next nor near any player award this year.
I'd have Mickey Newman ahead of him.

Tut tut Jinxy. O Connor has to get it if he is nominated. The other 2 nominees while top class young players did falter when it was on the line. And they were not carrying injuries and played all games at home with experienced AI winning players around them. It s the most clear cut award of the lot. If O Connor does not get it, forget about it.
The Mayo nominations tells us all we need to know about Mayo.

Goalie - check.

6 defenders - check ( Cunniffe, one of our best defenders all year not even nominated because injuries took him out in games when he was really going well).

2 midfielders - check.

After that we ve got one forward nomination for a lad with a strapped shoulder for last 12 months. And very hard to even make a case for another forward.  Getting to an AI final and getting 1 injured forward nominated from a category of 18 tells its own story. Donie Buckley was great on coaching the tackle but what de f**k was the story with forward selection, coaching  and tactics - and spare me the crap about lack of marquee shite.