Best 15 players in your life time.

stonemanic

I'm 31 so can remember from about 1990 (from kilkenny so apologies if biased and on the football one)

1. Damien Fitzhenry
2. Brian Corcoran
3 Brian lohan
4 Tommy Walsh
5 Brian whelehan
6 Seanie mcmahon
7 JJ Delaney
8 Ciaran Carey
9 Jamsie o connor
10 John Leahy
11 Henry Shefflin
12 Dj Carey
13 John mullane
14 eoin Kelly (tipp)
15 Eddie brennan


1. Stephen Cluxton
2 Ryan Macmenamin
3 Seamus Moynihan
4 Darren Fay
5 Tomas O Se
6 Kieran Mcgeeney
7 Phillip Jordan
8 Sean Cavanagh
9 Daragh o Se
10 Michael Donnellan
11 Padraic Joyce
12 Ciaran McDonald
13 The Gooch
14 Peter Canavan
15 Maurice Fitzgerald

howyanow

30 year old,off the top of my head!
1.cluxton
2.m o'se
3.s mlockhart
4.t mannion
5.s de paor
6.s .moynihan
7.j mc caffery (will go on to be one of the greats)
8.d o'se
9.a.tohill (kevin walsh close for either spot)
10.m.donnellan
11.d o'sullivan
12.j.fallon
13.gooch
14.p.joyce
15.p.canavan
couldnt really think of an outstanding full back,wans thinking maybe moynihan at 3 and bring in mcgeeney at 6.
would love to see this team in action.
just realised left of tomas o'se,he goes straight in for mc caffery!!schoolboy error

Gerry91

howyanow wrote: »

30 year old,off the top of my head!
1.cluxton
2.m o'se
3.s mlockhart
4.t mannion
5.s de paor
6.s .moynihan
7.j mc caffery (will go on to be one of the greats)
8.d o'se
9.a.tohill (kevin walsh close for either spot)
10.m.donnellan
11.d o'sullivan
12.j.fallon
13.gooch
14.p.joyce
15.p.canavan
couldnt really think of an outstanding full back,wans thinking maybe moynihan at 3 and bring in mcgeeney at 6.
would love to see this team in action.
just realised left of tomas o'se,he goes straight in for mc caffery!!schoolboy error

Isn't he doing medicine/ training to be a doctor or something, which requires insane hours of study and work, he'd be doing amazingly well balance the two. Will he even stick with IC GAA?

He only has one year done afaik and quite a bit to go yet before he's qualified

How can you say he'll be one of the greats anyway, he didn't even have a brilliant champ, bar the Cork game and was solid in Leinster nothing more

He could go on to be mighty, but including him in this is laughable frankly

Might aswell include Cillian O'Connor YPOTY 2 years in a row, probably 3 now

downthemiddle

1 John O'Leary
2 Marc O'Sé
3 John O'Keeffe
4 Karl Lacey
5 Paidi
6 James Nallen
7 Martin O'Connell
8 Jacko
9 Cavanagh
10 Kevin O'Brien
11 Matt Connor
12 Canavan
13 Gooch
14 Tony Boyle
15 Maurice Fitz

KevinK

M. Mcnamara
M. O'Sé
D. Fay
A. Lynch
T. O'Sé
K.Lacey
S. De Paor
A. Tohill
P. McGrane
M. Donnelean
C. McDonald
B. Dooher
C. Cooper
P. Joyce
M. Fitzgerald

B.Cummins
W. O'Connor
B. Lohan
O.Canning
T. Walsh
K. McGrath
JJ. Delaney
T.Dunne
G. O'Connor
B. O'Connor
H. Shefflin
J. O'Connor
E.Kelly
J.Canning
DJ Carey

Written without looking at any posts apart from the OP, just wrote down the first name to come to mind without over thinking it, will be interesting to see which greats I left out

pmy.murphy

Of who Ive seen since the turn of the century

Damien Fitzhenry

Jackie Tyrrell
Brian Lohan
Diarmuid O Sullivan( I know he didnt play corner back)

Tommy Walsh
Brian Whelehan/ Sean McMahon ( Impossible to decide between them)
JJ Delaney

Tony Browne
Jerry O Connor

DJ Carey
Henry Shefflin
Paul Flynn


Joe Deane
Eoin Kelly
Eddie Brennan(Definately Underrated. One of my favourite hurlers of all time. A tremendous and fast forward who always produced on the big day)

Honourable mentions
Brendan Cummins Tipp
Ken McGrath Wat
John Mullane Wat
Ben O Connor Cork
Ronan Curran Cork
Noel Hickey KK
Ollie Canning Gal
Kevin Broderick Gal
James Young Laois
Tommy Dunne Tipp
Mark Foley Lim
Larry Corbett Tipp
Michael Kavanagh KK
Dan Shanahan Wat
Derek Lyng KK

Plus 10

From circa 1980
S Cluxton
H Keegan
M Lyons
Ryan McM
Tomas O S
S Moynihan
S O De P
Dara O S
Jack O S
P Spillane
Matt Connor
M Fitz
Gooch
P Joyce
P Canavan

premierstone

pmy.murphy wrote: »

Of who Ive seen since the turn of the century


Brian Whelehan/ Sean McMahon ( Impossible to decide between them)

Do you think so, I wouldn't even have it as a close contest Whelehan was a far far more complete and accomplished player, McMahon was a great leader but I think he's long range scores are what keeps him in peoples mind more than his all round game. No mention of Brian Corcoran either, even in the honourable mentions?

Dirty Dingus McGee

Hurling
1 Damien Fitzhenry
2 JJ Delaney
3 Brian Lohan/Noel Hickey
4 Ollie Canning
5 Brian Whelahan
6 Seanie McMahon
7 Tommy Walsh
8 Ken McGrath
9 Tony Browne
10 Ben O'Connor
11 Henry Shefflin
12 Johnny Dooley
13 DJ Carey
14 Eoin Kelly (Tipp)
15 Paul Flynn

Dampintheattic

zuluboy wrote: »

Might be slightly biased but..

Declan O' Keefe
Paidi John O'Keefe Marc
Tomas Moynihan Ger Lynch
Darragh Jacko
Spillane Cooper Maurice
Sheehy Donaghy Matt Connor

Matt Connor a definite. Scrap the rest of them hand passers:cool:

Fireball07

As for football:

1. Diarmuid Murphy
2. Marc O'Sé
3. Seamus Moynihan
4. Anthony Lynch
5. Tomás O'Sé
6. Kieran McGeeney
7. Seán Óg de Paor
8. Darragh O'Sé
9. John Galvin
10. Michael Donnellan
11. Colm Cooper
12. Maurice Fitzgerald
13. Stephen McDonnell
14. Padraic Joyce
15. Peter Canavan



Never saw Matt Connor live, but I reckon he could be the greatest of them all, superb footballer.

PropJoe10

Damien Fitzhenry

Michael Kavanagh
Noel Hickey
Jackie Tyrrell

JJ Delaney
Brian Whelehan
Liam Dunne

Tommy Walsh
Adrian Fenlon

Martin Storey
Henry Shefflin
Jamesie O'Connor

Eddie Brennan
DJ Carey
Joe Canning

pmy.murphy

premierstone wrote: »

Do you think so, I wouldn't even have it as a close contest Whelehan was a far far more complete and accomplished player, McMahon was a great leader but I think he's long range scores are what keeps him in peoples mind more than his all round game. No mention of Brian Corcoran either, even in the honourable mentions?

To be honest I do rate Brian Corcoran but I would have been too young to remember him in his prime for Cork. He retired for a couple of years and I only saw him for the 2 or 3 years he came back for which wasnt enough to impress me. He was a great hurler though and from what I saw of him he wouldnt be too far off. Ill never forget that point he scored on his knees

Gerry91

Gee im surprised people leaving Mullane out (those picking over last 10/15 years), absolute class act

Gerry91

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Damien Fitzhenry

Michael Kavanagh
Noel Hickey
Jackie Tyrrell

JJ Delaney
Brian Whelehan
Liam Dunne

Tommy Walsh
Adrian Fenlon

Martin Storey
Henry Shefflin
Jamesie O'Connor

Eddie Brennan
DJ Carey
Joe Canning

Canning over mullane and joe Deane :eek:

Gerry91

Hurling

Cummins

Kavanagh
Lohan
Ollie canning
Delaney
Whelehan
Tommy Walsh

Johnny Dooley
Joe cooney

Ben o'connor
Shefflin
Jamesie
Brennan
Deane
Mullane

Gerry91

^^^jeepers bloody forgot DJ of all people! Sorry Eddie Brennan!

LawdyLad

1. Brendan Cummins.
2. Jackie Tyrrell
3. Brian Lohan
4. Ollie Canning
5. JJ Delaney
6. Ken McGrath
7. Tommy Walsh
8. Jerry O' Connor
9. Ciaran Carey
10. Ben O' Connor
11. Henry Shefflin
12. DJ Carey
13. Eddie Brennan
14. Eoin Kelly - Tipperary
15. Brian Corcoran

DD Mikasa

Brian Corcoran always gets omitted from these things which is ridiculous. He was the best hurler I've ever seen, just so happens that his best years were 92 to 99 when Cork were truly awful. He was class after his come back as a ball winning full forward but you'd never pick him on a team like this based on those displays, despite some classy touches. Points in 04 and 05 finals, scrapping for the ball in the corner in the 06 semi-final in the final seconds v Waterford, the point on the knees v Limerick, the drop puck goal v Waterford etc.

His best year was prob 98 actually, despite being hurler of the year in 92 and 99. He was like a one man back line when Cork won the league that year. His displays on sunny days v Clare and Waterford in the semi and final were unbelievable. In the championship win over Limerick that year in the Gaelic Grounds again he was inspirational. I remember actually watching as Mike Houlahan was about to substituted but he was ordered from the line to go back in and he went straight in on top of Corcoran. Next ball came down and Corcoran of course won it, burst past about 3 lads and cleared down the field. Next thing Corcoran gets a pull across the back of the legs from Houlihan, who gets duly substituted at the next stoppage of play.

Stop Corcoran and you had Cork beat. That was the idea anyway. He got up and just played on though.

Quixoticelixer

I think one of the main reasons Damien Fitzhenry makes these lists is because we got used to seeing him making so many outstanding saves on account of how often he played in Leinster finals against Kilkenny teams who created several goal scoring opportunities against a declining Wexford team! I rated James McGarry just as highly as Fitzhenry/Cusack/Fitzgerald but the best all round keeper I have seen has to be Brendan Cummins.

DD Mikasa wrote: »

Brian Corcoran always gets omitted from these things which is ridiculous.......

I think the reason he doesn't feature as much as he perhaps deserves to is his versatility- in these lists, good all round players tend to get sacrificed for a player who would be a specialist in a particular position. Ken McGrath also comes to mind, I'm not seeing his name as often as his talents merit, had he played for 12 years at say number 8, he'd probably be a shoe in for a midfield position on 90% of teams listed here.

Mofty

Donal Og , Ollie Canning, Brian Lohan, Tommy Walsh, Brian Whelahan, Ken Mc Grath, JJ Delaney, Jerry O'Connor, Ciaran Carey, Ben O'Connor , Joe Canning, DJ Carey , John Mullane , Eoin Kelly (Tipp) , Eddie Brennan.

Nidgeweasel

Steven Cluxton
Marc O'Shea
Seamus Moynihan
Karl Lacey
Tomas O Shea
Kieran McGeeney
Sean Cavanagh
Dara O Sea
Brian Dooher
Martin McHugh
Gooch
Joyce
Michael Murphy
Peter the Great

Dampintheattic

Quixoticelixer wrote: »

I think one of the main reasons Damien Fitzhenry makes these lists is because we got used to seeing him making so many outstanding saves on account of how often he played in Leinster finals against Kilkenny teams who created several goal scoring opportunities against a declining Wexford team! I rated James McGarry just as highly as Fitzhenry/Cusack/Fitzgerald but the best all round keeper I have seen has to be Brendan Cummins.

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Best keeper of all time Seamus Durack:cool:

loveBBhate

Gerry91 wrote: »

Canning over mullane and joe Deane :eek:

I don't think it warrants the shock response to be fair, Mullane and Deane have been around for donkeys of years compared to Canning so as of now it would be fair to say that Mullane/Deane will go down as greater hurlers. Give Canning the same amount of years on the field and you might think different. The season just gone it's fair to say that Canning wasn't great, but the one before that, I'd take Canning at his best over Deane/Mullane any day. That said, it remains to be seen if Canning can put in a few more seasons like last and put this one behind him. Being a Galway supporter I hope that he does

pmy.murphy

Mofty wrote: »

Donal Og , Ollie Canning, Brian Lohan, Tommy Walsh, Brian Whelahan, Ken Mc Grath, JJ Delaney, Jerry O'Connor, Ciaran Carey, Ben O'Connor , Joe Canning, DJ Carey , John Mullane , Eoin Kelly (Tipp) , Eddie Brennan.

Are you actually serious like?? No Henry Shefflin, probably one of the greatest of all time and Joe Canning is in there even though hes has achieved nothing of significance yet. He certainly has the potential but 2 good seasons doesnt make him a great. This year he was very mediocre with the exception of the goal in the leinster final. Id have Shefflin in there over any of those forwards any day of the week even DJ Carey. I had Eddie Brennan in my team and he was a tremendous forward but he doesnt even come close to anything Shefflin achieved despite playing in the same teams as him