David Clifford to surpass the Gooch?

[Armagh18]

Oh he was at top level a couple of yrs after coming outta minor to on that senior team.

Was he? Very good yes but that top level to be in the best ever conversation?

[nrico2006]

Oh he was at top level a couple of yrs after coming outta minor to on that senior team.

Agreed.

[thewobbler]

People who insist on looking for the flaws in Clifford are just a little odd.

[Armagh18]

People who insist on looking for the flaws in Clifford are just a little odd.

Not a bad owl player.

[Cortoon]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

[rodney trotter]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

Different type of players. Clifford is about 6f 4 with a huge kick .

[Cortoon]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

Different type of players. Clifford is about 6f 4 with a huge kick .

Yes different. Clifford by far the more complete player!

[Baile Brigín 2]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

But what damage...

Reality is football is following rugby. If you aren't 6ft you aren't playing. The skillfull little fellas are endangered

[Lucifer]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

But what damage...

Reality is football is following rugby. If you aren't 6ft you aren't playing. The skillfull little fellas are endangered

Now we're not showing disrespect to David Clifford, we're showing it to Paudie!

[Armagh18]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

But what damage...

Reality is football is following rugby. If you aren't 6ft you aren't playing. The skillfull little fellas are endangered

Paudie Clifford and Ryan McHugh must be 6 foot 5 are they?

[brokencrossbar1]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

But what damage...

Reality is football is following rugby. If you aren't 6ft you aren't playing. The skillfull little fellas are endangered

All sports are seeing bigger,  more conditioned players. The difference is where the bigger players can also mix their size with game intelligence. There will always be size disparity but even the 'skilful little fellas' are as strong as an ox these days.

[DaleCooper]

The built in assumption was Donegal being clever defensively.

A wrong assumption so there was no real contest.

[Armagh18]

The built in assumption was Donegal being clever defensively.

A wrong assumption so there was no real contest.

Baffling me how McGuinness decided to set up so similarly to Armagh after seeing that it doesn't work, would like to think that if roles were reversed and Donegal had got the trimming in the earlier rounds and Armagh were playing Kerry in the final we'd have set up differently but we'll never know.

[u]

Cooper was overrated for starters. He could only do damage close to goal. Clifford can score from distance.

But what damage...

Reality is football is following rugby. If you aren't 6ft you aren't playing. The skillfull little fellas are endangered

Stick to the soccer

[armaghniac]

The built in assumption was Donegal being clever defensively.

A wrong assumption so there was no real contest.

Baffling me how McGuinness decided to set up so similarly to Armagh after seeing that it doesn't work, would like to think that if roles were reversed and Donegal had got the trimming in the earlier rounds and Armagh were playing Kerry in the final we'd have set up differently but we'll never know.

Armagh might have been less nervous in the final than Donegal were.