Kyle Coney set to reject Aussie Rules?

[pintsofguinness]

Not that impressed with Kennelly, he should be letting the lad make up his own mind. Does anyone seriously believe Kennelly will ever play gaelic football for Kerry?

Couldnt care less but I'm sick listening him.

[orangeman]

Tyrone under 21s played a challenge at the weekend and Kyle had a blinder scoring 8 points.

It's time he was left alone to develop as a player and as a person - there's a lot of pressure on his shoulders - he could have chosen to stay in Australia but he didn't - he came back to give it all to Gaelic - he should be applauded for the decision.

[RedandGreenSniper]

This talk that Coney wasn't the most talented Tyrone minor this year is beginning to annoy me. Okay, he had a poor game in the drawn final but he was pure class in the replay and you could just see the potential oozing from him. Harte was excellent, so too McKenna, don't get me wrong. But if I was Mickey Harte there'd only be one player I'd be getting excited about it wouldn't be my nephew

[Tyrone Dreamer]

Think all 3 are very exciting prospects. Wouldnt be suprised if McKenna goes on to become a really top class player in the next few years. Anyone who is is as big as Coney, has good hands and can kick points from long distance has a great chance of making it. Harte also looks like another future Tyrone half back or forward. Was excellent last year.

[thejuice]

i see Michael Quinn from Longford got his start in the 2nd week of the season. something that not even he himself thought would happen till the later end of the season. By all accounts he did alright.

[barryhatrick]

i see Michael Quinn from Longford got his start in the 2nd week of the season. something that not even he himself thought would happen till the later end of the season. By all accounts he did alright.

He did better than alright. Even a bit of talk of him getting a rising star nomination for his performance against Freo. Still fairly slight and a bit raw, but he'll be a great player for the future without a doubt. 5 months in the country and already has gotten his start. Pretty impressive!

[mattockranger]

This guy is the real deal and a massive loss to longford gaa

I seen him last year against the louth minors and i reckon he was the best forward at minor grade including coney and whoever else...
played at full forward everything went through him...deadly acccurate...great turn of pace...very cute and clever in his runs and battles with his marker

from that game i've kept an eye on him no suprise that he made it so soon...excellent soccer player also....
one of those great talents!

[DUBSFORSAM1]

An absolutely brilliant performance by him considering he had 4 games of Aussie Rules in his life before this one and to get 20 posessions was a massive achievement....

They had an interview with Michael Malthouse about the Irish and why they did so well and he was so complimentary about Gaelic Football telling people they really needed to watch the game as they could learn a lot...He was saying the athletiscism and the requirements to track play as it was going on and know where the ball was going etc were big things but the other main thing was the ability to kick the ball to the players advantage....The one thing they love over here about the Irish players is the ability to make long very accurate kicks to players...amazing that in our own game of football we try to eliminate that..

[The Forfeit Point]

This guy is the real deal and a massive loss to longford gaa

I seen him last year against the louth minors and i reckon he was the best forward at minor grade including coney and whoever else...
played at full forward everything went through him...deadly acccurate...great turn of pace...very cute and clever in his runs and battles with his marker

from that game i've kept an eye on him no suprise that he made it so soon...excellent soccer player also....
one of those great talents!

the lad is just brilliant no matter what he turns his hand to. he most definitely is sorely missed by all in longford, the county seniors could do with him let alone our u21s!!
any site where the highlights can be watched?

btw mattock louth county board have to take credit for where michael is today! if i remember correctly they agreed to a date change for the championship match between us, little did they know that quinn was involved in a bohemians match that would have ruled him out of playing with longford had the match been played on the original date. quinn thus got spotted at the louth match and it all took off from there. fate eh?

[RedandGreenSniper]

Quinn was just interviewed at the end of the Essendon Freo highlights clips on Setanta. Seems fairly unaffected by it all but to start in the second game of the season having only arrived in the country is nothing short of a phenomenal achievement. I didn't see him play GAA but he could be a tremendous success at Aussie Rules if he is half as good as those Irish and Aussie people who have seen him are saying he is.

EDIT

And they just ended the highlights show on Setanta by showing a reel of Michael Quinn in his debut game. That's like an unofficial player of the week - fair play to him.

[Qwerty28]

Delighted to see Mickey Quinn geting some recognition on here.....has almost been ignored by the Irish media so far, which is maybe no loss. A very talented footballer, wsa at the minor championship against Louth last year as metioned earlier and one of the most intelligent footballers I've ever seen. A huge loss to the county side.

Good luck to him, hope he goes from strength to strength

[Zulu]

Would have picked football over soccer had he stayed here?

[Hotrocks]

He might go yet!

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=110922

[Logan]

Young Quinn seems to have done ok out there

[orangeman]

He might go yet!

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=110922

He's just had an operation on the shoulder and needs up to 6 months rehab.