With football evolving more and more as time goes on in terms of skill and ability (personal opinion anyway), have the old views that defenders can't shoot and forwards can't tackle been completely removed from our game. Can players now generally play in a host of different positions ranging from 2 to 15 and still be as affective in each?
And for a bit of craic, would a list of the top 15 defenders in Ireland beat the top 15 forwards.
Example match up could be:
........................................................S Cluxton..............................................................
MO Se.....B Brogan...................N McGee.....A Moran........................M. Foley.....C Cooper
K Cassidy.....P Flynn.................K Lacey.....A Brogan......................K Nolan.....D O'Sullivan
................................................T O Se.....M Murphy.......................................................
............................................J McMahon.....D Connelly....................................................
T Mortimer.....D Hughes...............A Kernan.....C McFadden..................K Young.....E Bradley
P Harte.....P Galvin......................D Gordan.....D O'Connor......................K Dyas.....J Clarke
..........................................................B Kealey.............................................................
not saying that these are best players in our game obviously. just tried to pick players who might do well in these positions.
The Donegal forward line could supply you with 5 defenders.