Tyrones Top 3 Greatest Players

stephenite · October 28, 2009, 11:44:52 PM

1. Dennis Taylor
2. Darren Clarke
3. Your man from Big Brother years ago

Top of the hill · October 28, 2009, 11:56:49 PM

1. Davy Harte
2. Mark Harte
3. Michaela Harte.

Lady GAA GAA · October 28, 2009, 11:57:16 PM

Oh the comedy in this thread

Lar Naparka · October 29, 2009, 12:37:54 AM

1. Frank McGuigan
2. Peter the Great
3. Sean Cavanagh

give her dixie · October 29, 2009, 12:44:16 AM

1. Iggy Jones

2. Frank Mc Guigan

3. Peter Canavan.

No argument, case closed

moysider · October 29, 2009, 12:49:42 AM

Seriously though. As a neutral.

Last 35 years.

Canavan.
McGuigan The Elder.
McKenna.

Cavanagh and Dooher next.

redhugh · October 29, 2009, 01:09:36 AM

Mine would be the same as Dixie there, but I'd argue for the inclusion of the great Frankie Donnelly from Carmen,too hard to pick just 3.I'm surprised there has been no mention of him.

Stagmeister · October 29, 2009, 01:11:03 AM

Over last two decades my top 3 would be:

1. Canavan
2. Cavanagh
3. Dooher

Dont see how some people could include current players like Brian McGuigan or Stephen O'Neill on their list while leaving out Sean Cavanagh

nrico2006 · October 29, 2009, 09:12:16 AM

QuoteDont see how some people could include current players like Brian McGuigan or Stephen O'Neill on their list while leaving out Sean Cavanagh

Why?

sammymaguire · October 29, 2009, 09:14:11 AM

give it to the 3 players with most all-stars, right move on

cornafean · October 29, 2009, 10:20:27 AM

Peter Canavan
Philip Jordan
Sean Cavanagh

ONeill · October 29, 2009, 10:23:45 AM

For me, from 80-09

1. Peter Canavan
2. Sean Cavanagh
3. Philip Jordan

The lads from the 80s were good but none on a par with the above. The 90s were crappy enough although a few decent defenders worth a mention. Frank McGuigan '84 had one majestic game.

A Quinn Martin Production · October 29, 2009, 10:29:12 AM

1. Frank McGuigan
2. Peter Canavan
3. Joint...Eugene McKenna/Enda McGinley (seriously, as good an all round footballer as I've seen)

tyrone86 · October 29, 2009, 10:47:33 AM

In no particular order:

Canavan
O'Neill
Cavanagh

May be skewed towards the more recent times, but all 3 won 'footballer of the year' and there aren't that many of them about Tyrone.

Lamh Dhearg Alba · October 29, 2009, 11:10:40 AM

Quote from: Stagmeister on October 29, 2009, 01:11:03 AM
Dont see how some people could include current players like Brian McGuigan or Stephen O'Neill on their list while leaving out Sean Cavanagh

Cavanagh is a great footballer but you could certainly make a strong case for putting either of the other two lads on this list ahead of him. Brian McGuigan's importance to Tyrone these past few years has been huge, a fantasic playmaker who linked the whole thing together. The fact he never got that All-Star in 2005 was bizarre, there would have been no All-Ireland (IMO) had he not come back from Australia that summer. The loss of McGuigan in 2006 and 2007 was massive to Tyrone. It was a measure of the man's class that even after missing two years with the double leg break and with his vision reduced due to the eye injury that he was able to come on for the closing 20 minutes of the 2008 final and have a great influence on the match. Superb footballer and for me the best in his position in the country this past decade.

Ill leave the SON bit to somebody else

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