Greatest Ever player with a LOI side

losthorizon

To tie in with the other thread on the greatest club who do people think have been the best players to don the shirts of a LOI side. You can include players who have left for foreign clubs.

IMO the names that spring to mind are Pat Byrne, Dave Barry, Liam Coyle and John 'O Flynn although hes crocked now.

I would regard Dermot O'Neil as the best goalkeeper I've seen.


If I was going to go for one it would be Dave Barry.

Lawrence1895

Philly Hughes for Shels :cool:

AgileMyth

losthorizon wrote: »

To tie in with the other thread on the greatest club who do people think have been the best players to don the shirts of a LOI side. You can include players who have left for foreign clubs.

IMO the names that spring to mind are Pat Byrne, Dave Barry, Liam Coyle and John 'O Flynn although hes crocked now.

I would regard Dermot O'Neil as the best goalkeeper I've seen.


If I was going to go for one it would be Dave Barry.

Between Keane and Mcgrath if you're including players who went on to better things. Giles and Best were the opposite having had great careers before playing here.

Joey Ndo is probably the best player ever to play in any league so I'd have to say him.

CSF

Wes Hoolahan

kksaints

Keith Fahey

Peppa Pig

Surely it has to be George Best.

If it's not players who came over for a jolly at the end of their career then Roy Keane.

If it's the player who was the best overall then you'd be hard pushed to top Paul Doolin.

citytillidie

Liam Coyle

eagle eye

Of players that spent most of their careers in the league I'd say Hilary Carlyle, Brendan Bradley, Turlough O'Connor, Liam Coyle and Paul Doolin top my list.

Ferris_Bueller

In my lifetime I would say it is between Ndo, McCourt and Fahey. All unplayable when they were on form.

FlawedGenius

Paul Osam

smileyj1987

eagle eye wrote: »

Of players that spent most of their careers in the league I'd say Hilary Carlyle, Brendan Bradley, Turlough O'Connor, Liam Coyle and Paul Doolin top my list.

Kevin Hunt for Bohs deserves to go in this list , he was a real gem of a player . He is now a scout for Manchester City .

Lovely Bloke

Best player I've seen in the flesh, Joey Ndo without a doubt.

Amirani

Bobby Charlton and Gordon Banks are worth mentioning I guess. Neither played for particularly long though.

padd b1975

Best goalkeeper would be Alan O' Neill.

Best defender is Paul McGrath.

Best midfielder Barry Kehoe.

Best Striker Jonathon Speak.

Cult hero; Jackie Jameson .

Amirani

padd b1975 wrote: »

Best goalkeeper would be Alan O' Neill.

Best defender is Paul McGrath.

Best midfielder Barry Kehoe.

Best Striker Jonathon Speak.

Cult hero; Jackie Jameson .

Brian Murphy is best goalkeeper IMO and I'd probably consider Jason Byrne as the best striker the league has had.

GLaDOS

Dixie Dean had a brief spell with Sligo

Corholio

Patsy Freyne. One of the best players the league ever had.

I'm surprised at the number of votes for Ndo, quality player no doubt but I definitely wouldn't have said the best. I'd have players like Osam and Coyle above him.

DrumSteve

Probably kevin hunt.

Retro shoutout: Derek Swan.

applehunter

Liam Coyle was magic.

spiralism

I'd have to say Joseph Ndo. Ran rings around players on his day

BOHtox

Kevin Hunt definitely! An absolute joy to watch him dominate midfields

dfx-

Ndo scored the best non-Rovers goal I've seen against UCD in 2006. He doesn't seem as incisive as he was then, but still has to be in the reckoning.

Coyle good shout, surprised nobody has mentioned Heary, Hutton..

osarusan

Best player to ever feature in LOI: Hard to look beyond George Best.

Best player to play LOI before going on to better things: Probably Roy Keane.

Best player who spent a lot of time in LOI and is known mainly for what they did in LOI: I'd go for Liam Coyle. Probably the most gifted LOI player I ever saw. Picked up a couple of league and cup medals too.

markc1184

Joey N'do, everything just looks so effortless from him.

Oranage2

I've only ever watched 2 league of Ireland teams in action.

The first was an all star team vs sky ones dream team. absolutely brutal standard, if I remember right one of the westlife lads was motm.


second was shelborne vs deportivo, joey edo came on mid second half and was heads and tails above everyone other shells player, he was actually the only player to be able to control a ball.

Cienciano

Brian Mooney was class for shels. But my vote goes to Max Cream. Only players with talent like his can wear yellow boots.

Oranage2 wrote: »

I've only ever watched 2 league of Ireland teams in action.

The first was an all star team vs sky ones dream team. absolutely brutal standard, if I remember right one of the westlife lads was motm.


second was shelborne vs deportivo, joey edo came on mid second half and was heads and tails above everyone other shells player, he was actually the only player to be able to control a ball.

I think we need more input from the man who saw 180 minutes of football

Xavi6

Oranage2 wrote: »

second was shelborne vs deportivo, joey edo came on mid second half and was heads and tails above everyone other shells player, he was actually the only player to be able to control a ball.

Yeah because Alan Moore and Wes Hoolahan amongst others never had a touch between them.

fullstop

Xavi6 wrote: »

Yeah because Alan Moore and Wes Hoolahan amongst others never had a touch between them.

Ah now come on, the man saw a whole 90 minutes. :pac:

dan1895

Oranage2 wrote: »

I've only ever watched 2 league of Ireland teams in action.

The first was an all star team vs sky ones dream team. absolutely brutal standard, if I remember right one of the westlife lads was motm.


second was shelborne vs deportivo, joey edo came on mid second half and was heads and tails above everyone other shells player, he was actually the only player to be able to control a ball.

That was a team of celebrities if someone that wasn't a footballer won motm.

One of the best league of Ireland squads assembled had no decent players despite being all full time pros and a lot of former or future internationals? Ok then.

Cienciano

Tony Sheridan was a class act when he wanted to be. And glen crowe deserves a mention. Only started watching at around mid 90's, so can't go back further than that.

dan1895 wrote: »

That was a team of celebrities if someone that wasn't a footballer won motm.

One of the best league of Ireland squads assembled had no decent players despite being all full time pros and a lot of former or future internationals? Ok then.

He saw one team play 1 game, he's more than qualfied to say who the greatest LOI player of all time is

Henlars67

The best player in my opinion is Ndo, followed by McCourt.

There's no point mentioning players like Roy Keane or George Best based on how they performed in a different league.

McCourt was a different class when he played here, the fact that he hasn't really gone on to better things is completely irrelevant.

If Quigley has another good year this year then he'll be up there as well.

uch

Liam O'Brien

Richard Hillman

McCourt never really played well against the better teams. I think he had 1 good game against Shelbourne and was anonymous in the others. He was pants in the European games (not sure about Gretna but they were hardly top class opposition).

The likes of Ndo, Heary, George O'Callaghan (in his 1st cork stint) and O'Flynn were always at their best in the big games. George O'Callaghan was one of the few players I genuinely feared when we were up against him. He could have been a true great had he not been a bit mental.

gimmick

Surprised to see so much love for McCourt. I was actually happy to see him come off the bench in the decider in 2005 as I knew in a pressure game like that, he would do nothing. And he didn't. He was a handy player, excellent on his day, but greatest LOI player? Not even close.

Greatest is hard to say, depending on eras and all. I think the best players I have seen in LOI, not including CCFC players

Owen Heary
Kevin Hunt
Glen Crowe
Stuey Byrne
Trevor Molloy
Peter Hutton
Ollie Cahill (majority of his career was not at CCFC)
Alan Reynolds (only 1 season at CCFC)
Bobby Ryan
Jason Byrne

If i were to add CCFC players, George O Callaghan would top the list. He should still be playing and lording it in LOI football, but he is a mess and never fulfilled his potential despite being POTY in 2005.

marwelie

Pat Byrne and Sir Gary of Scotland are the two best I've seen in the Hoops in my lifetime with a special shout out to Wes Hoolihan v Deportivo, I may have seen Roy Keane playing for Cobh but not sure. If Paddy McCourt was as dedicated as he is skilled he could have been up there with George Best IMO, some of the things he did on a football pitch had to be seen to be believed.

Ebbs

In the last 10 years id say McCourt, N'Do and Fahey for their ability to impose themselves on the game. Surprised the likes of Jason byrne and crowe have been mentioned but no Gary Twigg. Perhaps not the best footballer but certainly the best striker to play in the last 10-15 years.

From a cult hero perspective and amazing while he was here I cant believe no Rovers fans have said Noel Hunt. He was never prolific but he was so talented, I was actually surprised he hasnt made a better name for himself in England.

Edit: Marwelie beat me to Twigg

CSF

Oranage2 wrote: »

I've only ever watched 2 league of Ireland teams in action.

The first was an all star team vs sky ones dream team. absolutely brutal standard, if I remember right one of the westlife lads was motm.


second was shelborne vs deportivo, joey edo came on mid second half and was heads and tails above everyone other shells player, he was actually the only player to be able to control a ball.

I really can't decipher for the life of me why you thought posting in this thread was a good idea.