Pick an All Greats team of the best players you have ever seen in PERSON

[No1]

Best team made up of players I've seen in person                                                   

                                                        1.  Mickey McVeigh

          2. Kieran McKeever                    3. Mick Lyons                4. Paul Higgins

          5. Barry Breen                           6. Henry Downey          7. Martin O'Connell

                                       8. Anthony Tohill         9.  Ciaran McManus John McDermott

         10. Maurice Fitzgerald                11. Greg Blaney             12. Padraig Joyce

         13. Colm O'Rourke                    14. Brian Stafford           15. Mickey Linden

It would be great to be able to say I never saw Canavan and therefore can't pick him, but I'll have to be honest, I never liked the wee shite!!

Forgot all about McDermott!

[passedit]

Best team made up of players I've seen in person                                                   

                                                        1.  Mickey McVeigh

          2. Tommy Mc Govern                 3. Dan Mc Cartan       4. Paul Higgins

          5.  Tom  O Hare                         6. Barry Breen          7. Paddy Kennedy

                             8. Ambrose Rogers (sen)         9.  Colm Mc Alarney

         10. John Purdy                         11. Greg Blaney             12. Oul James

         13. Wee James                        14. Sean O Neill           15. Mickey Linden

[Uladh]

You wouldn't be a down man Passedit? by the way, who's paddy kennedy?








Did some joker just include Ciaran McManus? i thought friday was comedy day?

[thebandit]

John O Leary
Marc O'Se
Seamus Moynihan
Tony Scullion
Conor Gormley
Kieran McGeeney
Martin O'Connell
Anthony Tohill
Dara O'Se
Maurice Fitzgerald
Greg Blaney
Oisin McConville
Mickey Linden
Peter Canavan
Colm Cooper

[No1]

Did some joker just include Ciaran McManus? i thought friday was comedy day?

Good lad.  Saw him twice and both times he was absolutely fantastic. 

Never seen Dara O'Se play in the flesh and there was no way McGrane was getting in there.  Maybe shoulda stuck big Conor Deegan in!

[Canalman]

Bedt player I ever saw play was Kevin O'Brien of Wicklow.

[mouview]

Have to allow for the fact that I seen damn-all of the players already listed playing up to 96 or so, thanks to Sligo's splendid isolation in Division 4 and the all-conquering Connacht Championship of those times.

Anyway:

John O'Leary

Marc O'Se
Darren Fay
Tomas Mannion
Sean Óg de Paor
Glen Ryan
Seamus Moynihan

Anthony Tohill
Darragh O'Se

Michael Donnellan
Ja Fallon
Ciaran McDonald
Colm Cooper
Peter Canavan
Padraig Joyce

Years of beatings by Galway left an impression I suppose. Never seen Maurice Fitz play, nor Linden.

Good man Owen - now that's what I call a right team! Respect for including Sean Og, Mannion and Ja - in their day they were the best around. (And it shows what a real confluence of talent Galway had in '98 - they were just so right that year.) Thought you might include Kevin Walsh also? Enormously underrated I suggest.

[passedit]

You wouldn't be a down man Passedit? by the way, who's paddy kennedy?

Whatever gave you that impression Uladh?

http://www.gaa.ie/page/football_all_stars_80s.html 1981


Anyway excluding those from my own county (the only credible way imo)

1 B Mc Alinden
2 M O Se
3 T Scullion
4 K Mc Keever
5 H Downey
6 L Harnan
7 C Gormley
8 E Mc Kenna
9 A Tohill
10 Spillane
11 L Tompkins
12 J Fallon
13 C O Rourke
14 M Fitzgerald
15 P Canavan

[umpire]

Paddy Cullen Dublin
Robbie Kellagher Dublin
Jack Lyon Meath
Tom O' Hare Down Best defendet ever
Paddy Moriarty Armagh
Jack O'Shea Kerry
Martin O'Connell Meath
Colm McAlarney Down
Mick O Connell Kerry
Frank McGuigan Tyrone
Sean Purcell Galway
Matt Connor Offaly Brilliant forward of all time
Mickey Linded Down
Sean O'Neill Down
Eoin Liston Kerry

[AZOffaly]

Jaysus umpire, did you see all them lads live? You might be the oldest poster so

[Bogball XV]

I find it interesting that not one person has selected Larry Tompkins.

too many marquee forwards - I had to leave out McDonald, I was also tempted to throw in Mattie Forde, Brolly on his day was pretty good too....

[Maximus Marillius]

Jaysus umpire, did you see all them lads live? You might be the oldest poster so

r u not scared shitless of the keyboard umpire

[Aghdavoyle]

Gary Walsh

Kieran McKeever
Gerry McCarville
Martin O'Connell

Paudi O'Se
Liam Harnan
Glen Ryan

John McDermott
Jack O'Se

Pat Spillane
Greg Blaney
Michael Donnellen

Peter Canavan
Maurice Fitz
Gooch

[umpire]

Yes I seen all of those players that i picked. Mick O'Connell was a dream player. i seen him playing against Down in 60's

[Kerry Mike]

I have seen the 2 Micko's, Dwyer and Connell, playing but it was at the end of their careers so they dont make my team.
Have only seen Canavan "live" twice and he was subbed in both games so does he deserve mention.

There will naturally be a slight bias in my team to Kerrymen as they are the ones I have seen the most of over the last 30 plus years so I have named my favourite Kerry team and the pick of the rest.

My Kerry team
Charlie Nelligan
Marc O'Se
John O'Keeffe
Jimmy Deenihan
Paidi O'Se
Seamus Moynihan
Ger Lynch
Jack O'Shea
Darragh O'Se
Mike Sheehy
Maurice Fitz
Pat Spillane
Colm Cooper
Bomber Liston
John Egan

The best of the rest
Paddy Cullen
Robbie O'Malley
Darren Fay
Robbie Kelleher
Niall Cahalane
Kieran McGeeney
Sean Og de Paor
Brian Mullins
Anthony Tohill
Matt Connor
Larry Tompkins
Greg Blayney
Padraig Joyce
Jimmy Keaveney
Peter Canavan

Thats not as easy as it looks I could pick 5 teams there but sin é