Ulster GAA Writers to pick jubilee team 1988-2012

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

O you guys and your Jubilees  When are the awards being presented? Boxing Day perhaps 

[seafoid]

No Larry Reilly.

A total joke.

[LeoMc]

Boys are you all stupid??it is the only people who the monthly awards who are there. Nothing about nominations, if ye played well in a month throughout the 25 years ye win the monthly prize. Thats were the list of names came about. Maybe someone played better than scullion in certain months.

Exactly. Consistent 8.0's don't count here, you only need one eye catching performance.

Ulster GAA Writers says it all. No in depth analysis, it will simply be the defender that popped up with a couple of scores or the mid-fielder who made a couple of big catches who gets the headlines.

[ONeill]

Yea - thought Philip Jordan's omission was strange but I see he never won a monthly award.

[Mourne Rover]

PaulD123 you seem to be judging Paddy O'Rourke on his last couple of seasons in a Down jersey when he captained us to an AI title even though he was plainly past his prime. However, throughout the 1980s and certainly in the early stages of the period covered by this initiative, he was an outstanding centre half who dominated games for club and county and was beyond doubt among the best in the country. 

Paddy won All Irelands at minor, u21 and senior level, as well as with his club (twice), his school (St Mark's),his college (Newry Tech)  and Ulster in the Railway Cup. It is doubtful if any other Down or even Ulster player has collected All Irelands at seven different levels and you only do that if you are a very special footballer.

No one would say that he dazzled us with pure skill, but for strength, determination and leadership qualities, there have been few to touch him for Down over the last quarter of a century.

[rrhf]

Agreed there can be much too much revisionism, Paddy O Rourke and Keiran Mc Geeney carried out the same role for their respective counties.   

[bigpaul]

Agreed there can be much too much revisionism, Paddy O Rourke and Keiran Mc Geeney carried out the same role for their respective counties.

Reel your fishing line in please!!!!!!!!